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Re: GitHub Résumé

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Post by _pmf_ »

10098 wrote: post #34
ultimoo wrote: post #16

> As a software startup owner I really enjoy when people send us their résumés and they include their github account so we can see tangible work they have done. I sometimes feel very insecure when I read statements like this. I consider myself a good and a passionate programmer with "above-average programming skills", if there is such a thing. However, I have (so far) never been able to manage contributing to open so…

Don't fall for that bullshit. Most of the best engineers I know don't have a github/bitbucket/sourceforge/you-name-it account, which doesn't prevent them from being awesome.

> which doesn't prevent them from being awesome

But how can they be awesome if they don't tell the Internet about it? It's unfathomable!

Re: GitHub Résumé

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Post by logicallee »

ultimoo wrote: post #16

> As a software startup owner I really enjoy when people send us their résumés and they include their github account so we can see tangible work they have done. I sometimes feel very insecure when I read statements like this. I consider myself a good and a passionate programmer with "above-average programming skills", if there is such a thing. However, I have (so far) never been able to manage contributing to open so…

There's an entirely different reason for using github as a filter.

But isn't one of the major reasons we look for a github portfolio, really as an ideological filter for finding cofounders? I wouldn't go so far as calling it communist, but contributing to open-source projects requires a dedication to the 'common good'. If it is communist, it is a great filter for people who would like to own the means of production (equity) rather than getting paid from surplus profits! (salary). I'm not great on communist ideology, but anyway startups are a mix, they're a bit socialist at a very early stage then mature.

At any rate, if this is the correct way to view github, then the counterexample we're looking for isn't people who say "I'm a great engineer and I have no github" but - "I am highly interested in working for equity alone (in a pre-revenue context!) as a cofounder, building a project from scratch with no initial reward except a sense of ownership, and I have no github".

That rings a lot more hollow than being a well-paid engineer with no github.

Re: GitHub Résumé

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Post by 10098 »

_pmf_ wrote: post #42
10098 wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Don't fall for that bullshit. Most of the best engineers I know don't have a github/bitbucket/sourceforge/you-name-it account, which doesn't prevent them from being awesome.

> which doesn't prevent them from being awesome But how can they be awesome if they don't tell the Internet about it? It's unfathomable!

To be honest, there's a little bit of "I'm too old for this shit" attitude among them. They have have demanding jobs and families, and probably couldn't care less about what internet thinks.

I also have to note that I've never met a person my age (early twenties) who I could call a great engineer. Promising - yes, talented - yes, but not great. You know, the type of people that you shut up and listen to when they talk. Guess those years of experience really count...

P.S.: OK, I lied, I've actually seen some guys even younger than me that are absolutely brilliant, mostly those actively participating in programming contests (ACM/TopCoder, etc.), but I wouldn't exactly put them in charge of a team building a product, if you catch my drift...

Re: GitHub Résumé

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Post by antirez »

ultimoo wrote: post #16

> As a software startup owner I really enjoy when people send us their résumés and they include their github account so we can see tangible work they have done. I sometimes feel very insecure when I read statements like this. I consider myself a good and a passionate programmer with "above-average programming skills", if there is such a thing. However, I have (so far) never been able to manage contributing to open so…

There are people who contribute to OSS and get traction in the open hacking community, but I know also a number of "stars" in the business/closed side of the code. People that are great but just focus on fixing business problems with their great code. These people also get acknowledged for their capabilities, just inside smaller circles, but those circles are very important business side so they are successful, have an easy time to find a new position when they want to change, and so forth.

Long story short, try to be great, oss or not.

Re: GitHub Résumé

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Post by lucianp »

Personally, I don't like the idea of a GitHub/OSS resume. While for others this is great, it does not work for everyone. Many of us are not able to contribute to open source projects...

How many professionals are asked by their future employer about the work they do for free in their spare time? Would you ask a doctor how many patients he/she treated for free? Or a lawyer how many cases he/she did for free in their spare time? I don't think so...

By all means, I think contributing back to the community is a noble, great thing to do (and we should all strive to do it), but this should not be considered the sole measure of one's technical skills.

Re: GitHub Résumé

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Post by corobo »

krrishd wrote: post #2

Personally, I like http://osrc.dfm.io simply because it provides way more detail and insight into the user. Just my opinion though, this is still pretty cool.

Wow this one really knows how to spin a resume! "In particular, seems to be a pretty serious PHP expert."

I've made one commit to a PHP project about a year ago and it was a minor tweak!

Re: GitHub Résumé

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Post by pc86 »

lucianp wrote: post #46

Personally, I don't like the idea of a GitHub/OSS resume. While for others this is great, it does not work for everyone. Many of us are not able to contribute to open source projects... How many professionals are asked by their future employer about the work they do for free in their spare time? Would you ask a doctor how many patients he/she treated for free? Or a lawyer how many cases he/she did for free in their s…

No, but I do care about what cases my attorney takes on pro bono or what community service my doctor participates in. It goes to showing what one does to give back to the community, whether it's geographically (putting your volunteer/civic organizations on your resume) or professionally (putting your GitHub account on your resume).

Having a doctor or lawyer who gives back is important to a lot of people, and I'm sure that translates into wanting to hire employees who give back to their communities as well.

Re: GitHub Résumé

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Post by tinco »

X4 wrote: post #33
hendzen wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

typical hacker news top comment

I wish HN was more about real hacking. Black-, Gray- or Whitehat. The highest upvoted things aren't startup's but privacy related posted (ie. NSA) and HTML5/CSS3 experiments... Not to say, I don't see gem's in here, but most are more interested in webdesign stuff.

You're on the wrong site. This site uses the Stallman[1] definition for hacking, not the The Mentor[2] definition :)

[1]http://stallman.org/articles/on-hacking.html [2]http://www.mithral.com/~beberg/manifesto.html

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