--- title: "Why do you need to do Side Projects as A Developer?" url: https://daily.dev/posts/why-do-you-need-to-do-side-projects-as-a-developer--qyb3hd0wo source_url: https://blog.greenroots.info/why-do-you-need-to-do-side-projects-as-a-developer-ckhn5m5km05teajs1fvjd7u5f type: article source: "Hashnode" author: "Tapas Adhikary" published: 2020-11-18T11:03:59.238Z updated: 2021-10-07T14:17:10.317Z tags: ["startup", "career"] reading_time: 6 upvotes: 26 comments: 1 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Why do you need to do Side Projects as A Developer? **[Hashnode](https://daily.dev/sources/hashnode)** · [@atapas](https://daily.dev/atapas) · 6 min read · 26 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary A Side Project is something that you are doing aside from your main job to fuel your Passion while learning something New. Gmail, Trello, Unsplash, Twitter have all started from something called, Side Project. A side-project helps a great deal to learn new skills. It can generate lots of ideas for many future side-projects. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@atapas** · 0 upvotes > Side projects are as important as your main job as a developer. Read the story to know, why? ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#startup](https://daily.dev/tags/startup), [#career](https://daily.dev/tags/career) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/why-do-you-need-to-do-side-projects-as-a-developer--qyb3hd0wo)