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The Stack Overflow Developer Story: A New Technical Resume

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Re: The Stack Overflow Developer Story: A New Technical Resume

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Post by vog »

minimaxir wrote: post #2

Weren't GitHub profiles the new technical resume? How well did that work in practice, and how would this Stack Overflow approach be different? I was under the impression (from reading HN/Reddit) that while engineers do read GitHub profiles if explicitly linked in a resume, nontechnical recruiters do not. And they are the gatekeeper to said engineers.

The difference between GitHub and StackOverflow/StackExchange ist that the latter is explicitly targeting the job market. They have done so since the early days, if I remember correctly:

https://business.stackoverflow.com/careers/

Re: The Stack Overflow Developer Story: A New Technical Resume

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Post by superfluid »

JustSomeNobody wrote: post #4

Is it really now? That sucks as I don't really engage with SO that often; Hardly ever really. Sure, if I Google for something SO results come up, but normally I search YouTube for a talk/tutorial or search Github for snippets of code. I guess I'm screwed...

Don't worry, there is no "new technical resume," and you'll be fine. The headline is clickbait.

(Stack Overflow would definitely love this to be true.)

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Post by user5994461 »

pmiller2 wrote: post #15

I don't see anything on here that I couldn't do with my LinkedIn profile, TBH. I do kinda wish I knew the secrets of how to get 2-3 recruiting emails a day though. Unless it's "have 5 more years of experience," I think my profile could use some help.

Live in a tech hub and fill your linkedin profile.

It doesn't guarantee 2-3 per emails per day, but a few per week is certainly achievable.

You do need a few years of experience + some buzzwords.

Re: The Stack Overflow Developer Story: A New Technical Resume

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Post by user5994461 »

minimaxir wrote: post #2

Weren't GitHub profiles the new technical resume? How well did that work in practice, and how would this Stack Overflow approach be different? I was under the impression (from reading HN/Reddit) that while engineers do read GitHub profiles if explicitly linked in a resume, nontechnical recruiters do not. And they are the gatekeeper to said engineers.

They don't look at github, no matter how much they talk about it. Just put a random link to github, you're fine.

Source: Me sending my resume to recruiters + watching the view statistics on github.

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