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Re: I have no side code projects to show you

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Post by city41 »

derekp7 wrote: post #8

How would you go about putting a personal side project up on github if you are stuck with an employment contract that says your employer owns all your intellectual output, even that which you produce on your own time? Yes, I realize that stipulation is there for general protection of the employer and not typically intended to be used in a draconian way, however it still leaves the door open for you to get sued into o…

I had a side project that I wanted to make into a side business. I worked with my employer to write up a doc that said they'd have no claim on it and would let me own it. My employer did have the "we own everything you make" in my contract.

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Post by mixmastamyk »

derekp7 wrote: post #8

How would you go about putting a personal side project up on github if you are stuck with an employment contract that says your employer owns all your intellectual output, even that which you produce on your own time? Yes, I realize that stipulation is there for general protection of the employer and not typically intended to be used in a draconian way, however it still leaves the door open for you to get sued into o…

Solve a problem not worth money.

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Post by pards »

zamalek wrote: post #3

> I ran 50+ miles a week. I pushed myself to excel. To excel within the boundaries of the time and life-balance I had set for myself. Part of excelling at your job is learning new stuff - something that I am absolutely certain you do all the time, even if you only do it during work hours. Maybe this week you are starting a new project and need to learn Vue. Publish those 100 lines of code to GitHub. Just like that yo…

> if they turn around and demand side projects; you would be completely correct to ask about how many office hours they allocate to side projects.

^^^^ This

Re: I have no side code projects to show you

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Post by ams6110 »

erobbins wrote: post #4

I identify pretty strongly with this. I am good at what I do, but it's not my passion or my life. It's what I do so that I can have a life.

Agree. I've been in tech as a developer, dba, sysadmin, architect, all of the above, etc. for more than two decades, and I don't even have a personal github account. I don't write code at home.

Re: I have no side code projects to show you

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Post by rublev »

busterarm wrote: post #15

What if you work 16 hours a day because your current employer is highly dysfunctional and you are constantly putting in hail mary efforts to save them from themselves? How is one supposed to have time for side projects then?

By quitting. 16 hours? What the fuck.

Re: I have no side code projects to show you

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Post by sbov »

I like to have side projects, but I still don't like to share them. People love to find reasons to reject, and an 18, 11, or 7 year long side project (the age of all my side projects) isn't really a fair representation of how I code today.

Even as someone who enjoys side projects, the prospect of sharing a side project, and being criticized by a potential employer about the contents of it, turns it from "side project" to work.

Re: I have no side code projects to show you

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Post by fusiongyro »

I agree that it shouldn't cost you a job if you don't have side projects. It shouldn't guarantee you a job if you do—like any other demonstration of who you are, it should cut both ways. I always ask to see them if someone has them, and it's hurt in about as many cases as it has helped. If you can't program but have some side projects up on github anyway, I will be able to tell.
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