Currently showing Linus on my page. Bug, or feature? :) http://www.githire.com/user/derek
Same here.... http://www.githire.com/user/aantix
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Re: GitHire
#62I found a good candidate then saw this: Hireable: false
:( I will look again ...
Re: GitHire
#63The blog link parsing is off. If the blog value doesn't have an "http:// on it, then it treats it as a relative link under githire.com. E.g.:
Blog: mechanicalgirl.com
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#64Earlier quoted context omitted.
Ditto (username telemachus which points to the user derekprior instead?!?) Actually, now my profile has been updated, and it now points to Linus Torvalds. Snapshot for posterity: http://cl.ly/C23P Edit : Don't believe the pretender i386 below me. I am the true Linus Torvalds! :)
I'm really flattered - apparently I am Linus! http://www.githire.com/user/i386
I'm Linus as well: http://www.githire.com/user/Diablo-D3
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#651) Searched for "San Francisco, CA" and it was returning people from India.... ? 2) Its 2011, githire.com should work the same as www.githire.com. This is my biggest pet peeve with any site. 3) The "add info" button on a user page goes to http://www.githire.com/user/edit which simply loads the user info for a username of edit on github. Overall an interesting idea, but maybe unveiled a bit prematurely.
Its 2011, githire.com should work the same as www.githire.com. This is my biggest pet peeve with any site.
Agreed. At the very least, either CNAME one to the other. If you really want/need one canonical domain, it's not hard to define a 301 redirect to the appropriate domain.
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#66Re: GitHire
#67Currently showing Linus on my page. Bug, or feature? :) http://www.githire.com/user/derek
I dislike how basic functionality like this is completely broken, yet ads are being served. You can see where the priorities are. :(
Re: GitHire
#68nice idea but poor implementation.
by the way, it would be good if users categorized by programming languages.
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#69Failed Execution. Take it down and fix it up. Do at least some testing before launching.
The biggest failure is that wrong information is showing up for peoples username. Thing is, if the username does not yet exist in your data set, then query it before showing someone else's profile.
Popularity does not show how good software developer is, we are not celebrities, some of us are not even bloggers. Some of us do not actively participate on open source, even if we have few repositories in Github. Though we still might be looking for work.
Re: GitHire
#70As far as I can tell, this equates 'best programmers' with people who run repositories for popular projects. I suppose if you think Justin Bieber and various top of the charts pop stars are the best musicians it makes sense. I think that good programmers can be involved in popular projects but being involved in a popular project on github shouldn't be the defining characteristic of a 'good programmer'.
It's a threshold filter. If you can create and maintain a project that's actually useful to people, you are definitely not a bozo. (NB: if you haven't done so, it doesn't mean you're a bozo; the implication only goes one way).
It's a better filter than "attended a super-elite university".