Am I a bad engineer if I’ve never even tried to build a single personal project on my own, like I only code when I’m paid for it, other than that it almost never comes to mind, unless I want to solve some small problem of mine occasionally, since getting laid off I keep thinking I’ll work on some projects using popular frameworks and languages to add to my github and maybe mention on my resume but I can’t bring myself to even start anything, I just want a boring 9 to 5 job, why did this industry turn into this passion nonsense, nobody asks a dentist or an accountant if they do their respective work as a hobby in their free time, they still get hired and paid for their jobs
Am I a bad engineer if I’ve never even tried to build a single personal project on my own, like I only code when I’m paid for it, other than that it almost never comes to mind, unless I want to solve some small problem of mine occasionally, since getting laid off I keep thinking I’ll work on some projects using popular frameworks and languages to add to my github and maybe mention on my resume but I can’t bring myself to even start anything, I just want a boring 9 to 5 job, why did this industry turn into this passion nonsense, nobody asks a dentist or an accountant if they do their respective work as a hobby in their free time, they still get hired and paid for their jobs