When I am hiring for Aha! (www.aha.io) one of the key things I am looking for are people who have shown an interest in software development beyond just a day jo

When I am hiring for Aha! (www.aha.io) one of the key things I am looking for are people who have shown an interest in software development beyond just a day job. The best candidates are those for whom writing code is a passion - something which is done for fun rather than just a way to make ends meet. This shows up in a resume in lots of different ways. For some people it is a rich Github profile. For others it is that they paid their way through college by building websites or apps. We primarily hire Ruby on Rails developers who work remotely. Seeing in someone's Github profile that they like to contribute to open source and know how to collaborate with other developers are really important.