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I wonder how you are handling your screen time. If I'm beeing productive besides work, everything usually revolves about beeing in front of a screen (coding side projects, learning or research about a specific topic online etc.)

I'm curious about your opinions on showcasing your projects/portfolio. Do you host your own simple webpage, use social networks like LinkedIn or just use your CV to present projects?

I've asked this myself sometimes already. A lot of knowledgeable developers are using Stackoverflow to give advice and help solving other peoples problems - for free. Giving back your own knowledge and helping students, newcomers or just less experienced developers can be a really good thing. It's a great feeling to know that you've helped someone. I wonder if people would also be up for voluntary (donations at maximum) mentoring other people - face to face aswell (assuming the person mentored is actually intending to learn and not just trying get help on a project for free from an expert).

I know there are sites like codementor, but they are all based on a fixed hourly rate - you can basically only hire a mentor/expert.

I'd be interested in hearing some experiences from people who have worked in both places and are able to list the pros and cons in regard of working and living in the US/Europe as a software developer.