I don’t have many of those either. Rather than coming up with, and working on, personal projects, I just worked more hours at my job. Most of my ideas have been in the context of the job. I spent the better part of the 10 years before the pandemic working 12-16 hour days. There wasn’t really time for anything else. Even when I was learning stuff on my own for my own reasons, ideas from work would jump into my head, and I’d apply what I learned to that, then show up Monday with something to show the team. Even on vacation, I would rarely work on anything for myself, and would usually return with a big list of ideas I had while away… all work related.

I have a couple small things I made, because I needed/wanted them, but nothing i think would be worth showing an employer.

Making projects just show potential employers doesn’t interest me. If I end up unemployed at some point, I guess I can cross that bridge when I get there and have the time. I have little interest in using up all my free time building projects I don’t care about for a reason that may never materialize.