But someone in the same business field as yours, who, instead of spending time on personal projects, is working on the business itself, will be ahead of you.
That’s a problem for a business owner, not an employee who has an effective cap on how far ahead they are allowed to actually work.
Problems for business owners usually become problems for the employees pretty quickly.
Maybe. I've been able to spin off crash fixes, CI/CD improvements, and even demoing my personal projects as AI exploration. So my visibility is at an all time high.