---
title: "Developers: Use side projects to build a career you can be proud of"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/developers-use-side-projects-to-build-a-career-you-can-be-proud-of-1wfxo17q2
source_url: https://thenextweb.com/news/developer-side-projects-career-syndication
type: article
source: "The Next Web"
published: 2021-06-04T07:24:55.725Z
updated: 2026-03-15T03:28:58.523Z
tags: ["career", "general-programming", "react-native", "startup"]
reading_time: 10
upvotes: 14
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# Developers: Use side projects to build a career you can be proud of

**[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 10 min read · 14 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

Ted Bendixon says side projects can be a more larger, long-term practice. They can elevate your skills to such a degree that you may feel like you no longer fit in your current job. Oftentimes, bad software engineering practices become popular because they are convenient in the short term.

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