Benefits of personal projects

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1. Benefits of personal projects
   Vlatka Pavišić, Ruby on Rails developer @ af83
   

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2. Ruby on Rails beginner
   

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3. First job
   

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4. while(true) { cook }
   

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5. Wild idea appeared !
   

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6. *le result
   cuisinehacker.co
   

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7. The benefits of personal projects
   ● They accelerate learning
   ● They make your CV look better
   ● You can get code reviews, pull requests, birthday wishes - and learn even
   more
   ● They mirror your progress as a developer
   

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8. The benefits of personal projects
   ● You become better at your hobby
   ● You become more interesting
   ● They provide shelter from problems
   ○ “People who experience flow describe it as ‘a state of effortless concentration so deep that they
   lose their sense of time, of themselves, of their problems’.” - Thinking, Fast and Slow
   ● You make the world a better place
   ○ Someone might learn from your code
   ○ Someone might like the content
   

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9. Merci !
   Follow me on Instagram : @cuisinehacker
   Code review me on GitHub : vlatkapavisic/cuisinehacker
   

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