Startup founder says résumés without side projects are a red flag

A startup founder says a résumé without side projects is now a red flag, because building things on the side has become trivial.

The founder reads the absence of such projects as a sign of low autonomy. Gergely Orosz relayed the view in a post on X dated 3 November 2026. The founder's claim is an opinion about hiring signals, and no data on how common side projects are or how often they affect hiring decisions is reported.