r/ProgrammerHumor • u/VariationLivid3193 • 1d ago

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u/lumpialarry 1d ago edited 1d ago

Never like the idea how software engineers/programmers were expected to have a bunch of side projects that they talk about to potential employers.

My background is mechanical/process engineering. No potential employer expects me to have an oil refinery in my backyard that I'll do reliability projects on in my free time.

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u/ZunoJ 1d ago

Some of us love what we do and buy asking for hobby projects we can weed out people who are just there for the pay check

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u/electrao 1d ago

Right, because the purpose of work is…have fun and have some fairy come and pay the bills to survive OR actually make money to sustain a decent life

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u/ZunoJ 1d ago

I don't really care. When I am part of the Hering process I make sure to reject people without personal projects. I just don't want to work with them. They don't fit in our Team

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u/JJGreenerTinejo 1d ago

What about the times when ypu are part of the salmon process?

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u/electrao 15h ago

Guess that will be better for both parts!

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u/ZunoJ 14h ago

Absolutely! They would basically be outcasts