Hi Kenny,<p>The motivations that you've talked about, learning or money and generating users, are these the only motivations when undertaking a side project? When thinking about a side project would you think about other motivations as well?<p>Is there room for undertaking a side project where the aim isn't learning or money and users but instead there is a motivation to improve how the world is, making lives better for people?
As a creator with some dead project(s) I feel horrified when I think how many hours I “wasted” on them.<p>But then again, I had to scratch those creative itches, I had to built those useless things, they made me what I’m today, a more experienced, tired and inching closer to a break from software engineering.