Valuing templates

Have you ever started a new project and thought this? OK—this is just like when we did X. Do I still have that source code? I should probably review it to see how it was set up and reuse some of that infrastructure. Developers who typically work on multiple projects per year certainly encounter these situations. Likewise, if you are inclined to switch jobs, your resume tends to be attractive to prospective employers with needs that are similar to the technology stack(s) you have experience with already. Imagine two candidates are interviewing for the same position:

• The first candidate says, Oh yes, I've done <fill in the blank> [Blazor, Model-View-Controller (MVC), WPF, Xamarin, APIs, and so on] before.
• The second candidate says, Not only have I done that, but I have a library of my own reusable templates that have proven to work on past projects. If you would like to see a demonstration, I could show you how they can really save time...