Comments on: The Importance of Personal Projects The amount of time I spend on personal projects is inversely proportional to how creative my day job is... If I get stuck doing monotonous or managerial work, I get much more motivated to do my own game projects at home. If I'm having a lot of fun doing creative work during the day, I lose all motivation to do extra programming at home and something like music, art or just vegging out on games and telly becomes much more appealing. The amount of time I spend on personal projects is inversely proportional to how creative my day job is… If I get stuck doing monotonous or managerial work, I get much more motivated to do my own game projects at home. If I’m having a lot of fun doing creative work during the day, I lose all motivation to do extra programming at home and something like music, art or just vegging out on games and telly becomes much more appealing.

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By: Dylan Cuthbert/2011/02/06/the-importance-of-personal-projects/#comment-389 Dylan Cuthbert Tue, 08 Feb 2011 10:21:06 +0000 I totally agree with you. For me the question about having personal project is the most important one when differentiating these who are really passionate about programming from these who only do their job and complain about the life they have chosen when decided to go study computer science and not something else. I totally agree with you. For me the question about having personal project is the most important one when differentiating these who are really passionate about programming from these who only do their job and complain about the life they have chosen when decided to go study computer science and not something else.

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By: Jakesimpson100/2011/02/06/the-importance-of-personal-projects/#comment-387 Jakesimpson100 Mon, 07 Feb 2011 14:39:17 +0000 Excellent excellent post. This extends to students as well as professionals. There is an infinite depth of knowledge in computer science, and you most certainly can't learn it all taking a class 4 hours a week. Home projects great for learning new things and getting a wide range of experiences, but they are also amazing for internalizing the stuff you already "know" or have heard somewhere, making the knowledge more in-depth and real-feeling.If I meet a programmer that doesn't do interesting projects at home (during non-crunch periods) thats a huge red flag for me Excellent excellent post. This extends to students as well as professionals. There is an infinite depth of knowledge in computer science, and you most certainly can’t learn it all taking a class 4 hours a week. Home projects great for learning new things and getting a wide range of experiences, but they are also amazing for internalizing the stuff you already “know” or have heard somewhere, making the knowledge more in-depth and real-feeling.If I meet a programmer that doesn’t do interesting projects at home (during non-crunch periods) thats a huge red flag for me

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By: njrabit/2011/02/06/the-importance-of-personal-projects/#comment-385 njrabit Sun, 06 Feb 2011 04:46:55 +0000 Awesome Post! :D. just made me think on all the personal projects I have worked on haahahakeep making posts like this! :)Thanks! Awesome Post! :D. just made me think on all the personal projects I have worked on haahahakeep making posts like this! :)Thanks!

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