The Side Project That Taught Me More Than Work
A weekend toy app taught me more about being a real engineer than three years of well-paid feature work. Here is the part nobody tells you.
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A weekend toy app taught me more about being a real engineer than three years of well-paid feature work. Here is the part nobody tells you.
Not the flashiest build — the one that proved I could ship. Here's the unglamorous project that did more for my career than three years of interviews.
We paid $99 a month for an app we used 5% of. One weekend, some glue code, and a bit of automation later, I cancelled the subscription for good.
