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		pkteison on May 30, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Importance of Side Projects No, it's normal at big companies or non programming firms. Spare mental capacity is devoted to sports teams and American Idol.

jasonlotito on May 30, 2011 [–]

Or family and friends, or dealing with the bureaucracy of the craptastic health care that is against providing your autistic son anything besides false sentiment and lies. Unfortunately, the tech industry places too much value on things like Twitter.

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