> The average developer spends more than 7 hours per week coding on the side.<p>I don't believe for a second that most developers spend an hour a day on side projects. I'd believe many, but not most. There just isn't that kind of time available for many full-time developers with a family and responsibilities outside of coding.<p>I know I spend quite a bit of time coding for fun, but I know many people who do "not so cool" development at their day job who want nothing to do with code in the evenings.
Or.... Side-projects could be your most important asset. I'd even argue that intentionally non-JS projects are going to help you much more than JS ones.
"Full stack"? Check. Hipster tld? Check. Argument based on scientifically obvious weak correlation? Check.<p>Well obviously this guy is going to think JavaScript is the most important thing in the universe. That's probably the only programming language he knows.<p>What a poor world that must be.<p>Obviously hobby projects are nice to have. But you should have them because you care, not because you need an "asset".<p>There's just so much to learn out there, so much fun! Why oh why limit yourself to the same old JavaScript?