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Selfhosting got me a job offer
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Companies love someone who spends their free time learning skills that benefit them.
I've always made sure to mention my personal interest and the last few years my full-server rack at least a short summary.
It's gotten my foot in the door quite often when talking to managers with some IT knowledge; ones that don't have any I wouldn't want to work with anyways.
Good luck at your new job OP!
And don't listen to the disgruntled old-timers that say you'll stop exploring in your free time, they're just jealous and/or have kids with very little free time left.
Fuck that. I am in my 40's and still messing around with my lab and stuff in my free time...and at work. The want to learn never stops if you like what you are doing.