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I wonder if you would think that about my github profile. I don't have any JS, but I have forked a few C and C++ repos to make minor changes and hold them until
by sqeaky 10y ago
I wonder if you would think that about my github profile. I don't have any JS, but I have forked a few C and C++ repos to make minor changes and hold them until upstream accepted them. I don't think I have deleted any of them. Then I have a few experiments answering questions I wanted answered.
It is not particularly hard to determine if fork n` fix is the reason for the repo. A search for the name of a project will find out if it is a truly lazy copy. Then asking a few questions about why some class or function deep in the code does a thing can determine at least the level of motivation of the copier.
If I can ask an unlimited number of questions about the code and the copier can answer them competently does it matter if they copied? They are competent in the code they pointed me at.
It is hardly a perfect system, it is just better in every way than only an interview.
- gaius 10y agoSure, but these ones are definitely box-ticking exercises, I guess some "thought leader" on LinkedIn said all the best companies only hire people with Github, and off the masses went. There are loads of placeholder "tech blogs" too.
- sqeaky 10y agoIf a company is asking for code from a person then not checking the code, doesn't that indicate something is really wrong with the company? Why would someone with real skill and therefore a real profile work there? Let all the fakers go work at shitty companies.
- gaius 10y agoAll it's actually done is made Github no longer a signal that would make you pick a CV out of the pile.