Do hiring managers have a hard time accepting developers who have a "business look alike" personal app but are NOT entrepreneurs?
- by shadesco
Directly post graduation from University, I decided to build my own web app (Ease My Day) while waiting to get a job as a software Engineer.
The reasons to build this app:
Gain solid hands on software experience before hitting the job scene
Providing a solution to a common problem
Not sitting doing nothing while searching for jobs
The app is Not an entrepreneurial tryout nor a business to be sold. Still throughout interviews I noticed that at the rate of 4 of each 5 interviews I pass through the app is being confused with a business and I am asked the same questions:
Why did you build the business? Why do you want to stop the app? Do you want to sell the app?
Knowing that I didn't build a business nor make any income from this application.
Do candidates who take initiatives and like to craft their own apps on the side cause a red flag on the hiring manager's radar?
