- I can only use a side project to drive learning if I actually care about the product of that side project. So if you're like me, maybe start by identifying some work-product care about, and hopefully it will require you to flex/learn some skills including software dev.
- Is it possible you're experiencing a sunk-cost fallacy here?
- Are you hoping to steer your career back into software development? That could affect which particular projects, languages, etc. you work with, because of marketability.
- I can only use a side project to drive learning if I actually care about the product of that side project. So if you're like me, maybe start by identifying some work-product care about, and hopefully it will require you to flex/learn some skills including software dev.
- Is it possible you're experiencing a sunk-cost fallacy here?
- Are you hoping to steer your career back into software development? That could affect which particular projects, languages, etc. you work with, because of marketability.