The Best Side Projects You've Ever Seen (And How They Helped People Launch Their Careers)

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This week on Self-Directed, we're diving into side projects. Side projects are not only a great way to build a new skill, but it is also an incredible way to build a signal to places you want to work for in the future.

In this episode:

- How do side projects help?

- Great examples of side projects

- Why businesses like seeing candidates with side projects

- Stories of people landing jobs with side projects

Great side projects:

- How I went from underemployed waitress to the top 1% of millennials in 6 months, Lauren Holliday (https://medium.com/@laurenholliday_/how-i-went-from-underemployed-waitress-to-the-top-1-of-millennials-in-3-months-4680dc1d7891)

- Gregory Williamson Hubspot course (https://www.thegregorywilliamson.com/portfolio)

- Dave Gerhardt's "Tech in Boston" (https://twitter.com/davegerhardt?lang=en)

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