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Your observation is correct. (But, of course, there are exceptions to every rule.)
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Unlike others on this thread, I agree with you.
My hobby projects have always helped me on the job. They let me experiment before they are in mission critical mode. They let me take the time to learn something, rather than just do what is necessary because the deadline looms.
Work will pigeonhole you, bad enough they think you can only do what they have assigned you. It won't necessarily expand your skills for your next job, unless you just want to do only what you have done before, forever.
My hobby projects tend to come in handy when management is gearing up to hire consultants or purchase outside modules because they think they don't have onhand staff that knows how to do something.
I've saved the companies I've worked for $10's of thousands of dollars on each project for each work project that I was able to demonstrate how the knowledge I learned on a hobby project had direct bearing and was applicable to the problem at hand.
Psychosis at 10
Film at 11
Those who do not remember the past, are doomed to repeat it.
Those who do not remember the past, cannot build upon it.
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Well, almost all my coding is as a hobbyist, though I do have some training and I do occasionally write small commercial apps (as favors generally). Indeed, for a long time my hobby was my job and that included coding (amongst other things). My knowledge is certainly not as deep as many professionals, though being a mathematician and scientist gives me strengths in certain specialist applications. Also, My skills are not always highly polished, as I program sporadically (when I have the time)and flitter between technologies. (If I went for an interview I would have to brush up on the specific skills required and wipe off the rust). I do consider my knowledge fairly broad, however, as I am not constrained. I enjoy playing around with C#, Java and C++ mostly and computer graphics and also PHP and Java, so I can hold my own on detailed comparisons between the workings of Java and C# for example. I have also been around for a bit so I remember when assembly language was an essential tool (lol). I remember the rise of OOP and remember coding database applications without it, so I can give a good discourse on the relative pros and cons of each. So, breadth maybe, but not the specific skills and experience most commercial roles require.
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I used do lots of hobby code, lately, due to time, I off-shore all my hobby coding to India. My code quality since has gone downhill. 
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Those of a certain vintage may recall the space trading game Elite with fondness. I learned the other day it is to be reincarnated (sorry if I'm slow on this news), and oh my it looks good.
http://www.elitedangerous.com/[^]
It's being funded by Kickstarter and you can join the beta for a modest £50, $75, probably released at the end of the year. Have a look at youtube for some gameplay.
The inner nerd is calling. I might just have to divorce the family, pack the job in, get a bedsit somewhere remote but with decent broadband and play this until I die.
Regards,
Rob Philpott.
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I am waiting to upgrade a machine just for this.
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A honking great 5 real points and 995 wish points from me.
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Looks very cool.
There's no way in hell I'd pay $75 for a game, especially a beta.
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
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Oh Wow!, might remove the first Elite Sequel ('Frontier' ??) from my memory, so much a missed chance. I remember the 1980's, Elite was basically the reason the BBC Micro & Acorn Electron sold to the home market....
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If you really want to go for it, play it wearing an Oculus Rift./[^].
There's an interesting Yotube video[^] on combining the two - although the verdict is that Oculus Rift is not necessary however does add something to the game.
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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Oculus Rift...hadn't thought of that, (memories of docking with out the computer)...
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God but I loved Elite.
Went back and played it on an Emulator, but not the same without the old BBC joystick!
I'll reserve judgement on the new game until I play it - there've been too many disappointments in the follow up versions of other games...
PooperPig - Coming Soon
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This looks useful with the end of the year coming up 
Charlie Gilley
<italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape...
"Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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Wow! Very impressive!
The signature is in building process.. Please wait...
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Anyone used the new BBC Music service[^]? There's a link to a great YouTube video on the home page of a recording of "God Only Knows" made to launch the service: Great rendition and cinematography!
Life is like a s**t sandwich; the more bread you have, the less s**t you eat.
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Quote: The script will be written by Hamish McColl, who wrote Johnny English Reborn and Mr Bean's Holiday.
That just screams "hit film" to me, but I suspect there is a missing initial letter....
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That was the sentence that filled me with the most dread.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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I'd like to be positive about it since it's got Yorkshire connections but honestly I can't see this being anything but a horrible mangling and a disaster.
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You know it's wrong when they cast Catherine Zeta-Jones, no idea as what or who, surely not Pike's mum.
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Well if anyone has experience of spending time with dangerously old men...
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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