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Re: GitHub Résumé

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Post by burntsushi »

logicallee wrote: post #43
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 (…

This is an interesting and weird comment. I'm the exact opposite of a communist or socialist, but I love contributing to open source. And I certainly don't see open source as communist. (I don't see it as opposite to communism either.)

I think there is a rather large distinction between "contributing to the common good" and advocating communism, which is a political philosophy. I think whether you want to help others is wholly independent from your political philosophy.

Re: GitHub Résumé

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Post by burntsushi »

gutnor wrote: post #76
logicallee wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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 (…

The biggest contributor to open-source are companies like IBM. Calling IBM communist, is well weird. If you remove extremists of each movements, seeing value in common-good has nothing to do with communism or socialism or capitalism. The only filter you apply by looking at github is social. You select individual based on how involved they are in a community. If your company evolve in the same community that can be be…

I disagree. If you want to review a candidate's code, GitHub is one of many useful tools to do so. Having code on GitHub does not require one to participate in its social features.

If GitHub lets you verify that someone is capable of writing code that you think is of high quality, is that not a useful tool to apply in a wide variety of circumstances?

Re: GitHub Résumé

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Post by burntsushi »

clavalle wrote: post #79

This is great. It reminds me that I need to clean up my github account. Unfortunately I use github for two separate functions -- putting up projects some other people may be interested in and for throwing up scratchpad projects. So I end up with a lot of garbage on my account. The bulk of my really interesting stuff is in private accounts.

> for throwing up scratchpad projects

I've replaced almost all my scratch projects with gists using the `gist` command [1]. It's a nice utility because it authenticates as your GitHub account, and you can modify existing gists (which can contain 1 or more files) with the `--update` flag. Really works great for those one-off things.

[1] - https://github.com/defunkt/gist

Re: GitHub Résumé

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Post by needacig »

This is dumb. It merely duplicates the exact same information that is available front and center on everyone's GitHub profile to begin with, but in a worse format. Only idiot VCs would think this is cool or useful. Coincidentally, the creator of "GitHub Résumé" thinks Coin is a great idea and wants to invest: https://twitter.com/davidcoallier/status/401075383971627008

Re: GitHub Résumé

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Post by ondrae »

This is awesome and just what I've been wanting. One request would be to show the repos I contribute to the most instead of just the ones on my account.

I went and looked up the open source report card which used to work the same way. Looks like they've recently changed it though to pull from your most contributed repos, so for me is much more accurate of my activity on Github. http://osrc.dfm.io/

Re: GitHub Résumé

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Post by smackfu »

icelancer wrote: post #28
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…

>Do startups really look at github contributions as the ultimate measure of one's tech chops or are looking for people who go that extra bit and make time in their schedules for contributing back to the community? When I was hiring, yes. There is no easier and simpler way to evaluate someone before bringing them in for an interview than checking their verifiable OSS contributions. It's low friction. Doesn't mean we d…

Wouldn't it be easier to just say you prefer people who work on OSS as part of the job listing, if that's what your hiring practices end up doing?

Re: GitHub Résumé

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Post by T-hawk »

free652 wrote: post #74
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…

Wouldn't be an active github user devote less time to the work's projects? Personally I know that after my 8-9 hours work day, I barely (no at all) have energy for a side project. How these people can spent almost full time working on the OSS project? (I know some of the developers' job is to work on OSS project, but what about others?)

For these sorts of folks, side project programming doesn't require or consume energy, it creates it. Some people relax by watching tv or reading the internet. Some people relax by coding features for an open source software project.

Is there a correlation between the latter type and productivity in a day job? Employers who ask for a prolific github account would seem to think there is.

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