Side projects as a hiring red flag? Veteran engineer pushes back on founder's autonomy test
tianyin_xu · x · 2026-11-05
Investor Gergely Orosz relayed a founder's take: not seeing side projects on a resume is now a red flag signaling lack of autonomy, since building something on the side has never been easier.
Engineer kellabyte disagreed: many elite engineers pour everything into their day job because they deliberately chose roles they're passionate about, making the side-project test a lazy way to judge autonomy.
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