Can Side Project help you land a job or an internship at a tech company

Definitely! It can be part of an overall strategy to present yourself in the best light. For me it is always a good sign.

Yes! Upload to github and they will see what you can do! Actually yesterday I got an email stated that they found me via github and they want to work with me. I am pretty excited how things will go.

Best of luck!

I currently teach coding at my college