Playing With Yourself: The Power of Personal Projectsby@cyengmann
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Playing With Yourself: The Power of Personal Projects

by Nick Engmann5mApril 7th, 2019
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Personal projects are things that you invest time and effort in to create outside of your job. The purpose of the project could be anything — to fulfill or automate a task, to prove a political point, to improve your skill set, or to produce art. In order to stop killing my beautiful house plants, I built a mesh network of devices to monitor their water levels called In-Plants. I believe the personal projects I’ve made have helped me become a better, creative, and resourceful engineer.

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