Side projects are great. Not just for learning technology, but also for playing around with technology you already know.
It can be fun to built something without the 'overhead' of Sprints, standups, team meetings, design documents,.. :)
It can be fun to built something without the 'overhead' of Sprints, standups, team meetings, design documents,.. :)
[1] https://embit.ca
But you're right, it happened to me a few times as well and people assume you "just know". :P