I disagree with the author too. Interviewers are very excited to talk to me about my side projects. I'm a pretty cynical person but I don't think they are doing it to trick me.
The quote was specifically about the value on resumes. The article was written from the perspective of choosing who to interview in the first place. It may be that your resume was selected because the interviewers were excited to talk about your side projects, but that assumes the interviewers were the ones selecting candidates for interviews.
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I disagree with the author too. Interviewers are very excited to talk to me about my side projects. I'm a pretty cynical person but I don't think they are doing it to trick me.
The quote was specifically about the value on resumes. The article was written from the perspective of choosing who to interview in the first place. It may be that your resume was selected because the interviewers were excited to talk about your side projects, but that assumes the interviewers were the ones selecting candidates for interviews.