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Disagree totally. There are gazillions of software developers quietly plugging away at gigantic companies with over 50k headcount whose contributions will never

• TurboHaskal 10y ago
  It is still having impact, but in a negative way. Being rejected as a candidate because of a lacking Github profile is not unheard of.
  • di4na 10y ago
    i can chip in. I was rejected at least a couple time because of that.
  • woah 10y ago
    Is it worse than being rejected as a candidate for not having crammed on algorithm mind teasers before the interview?
    • solumos 10y ago
      Probably. I imagine it's on the same level as having the right combination of buzzwords on your resume - you're unlikely to make it to the brain teaser round without it.
  • ryandrake 10y ago
    I wouldn't sweat it. Employers have been rejecting great tech candidates for dumb reasons for decades. I'd argue that if someone won't hire you because you don't have an account on some Internet service, you probably dodged a bullet and would not have wanted to work there in the first place.
    • endless1234 10y ago
      Though of course it can't /hurt/ to have a kick-ass Github profile, but I also doubt we'd be at a stage where it'd be required to get a job in the industry easily.
  • Silhouette 10y ago
    Being rejected as a candidate because of a lacking Github profile is not unheard of. File that one along with requiring CVs in Word format, requiring applications via their own custom online form, proposing "we own everything you ever do" IP clauses in employment contracts, proposing multi-year non-compete agreements, and interviews full of brain teasers and/or questions about obscure technical details you probably won't ever need to know and could readily look up if you did. They're under "handy signs that I probably shouldn't accept an offer from this business".
• k__ 10y ago
  True story, but recruiters don't know much and Github is one of the few sources of valuable information for them. I always send a link to my github repos when I apply for a project, this removes most of the dumb "can you really code"-style questions.
• bluedino 10y ago
  Plus, a lot of programmers just don't have/want to spend the time packaging things to be placed online, going through legal, or make blog posts about their code.
  • trentmb 10y ago
    I spend 40 hours a week developing software. I enjoy my job, but simply want to do other things in my off time.
• kbart 10y ago
  Exactly. I currently work in financial sector and if my employer found out that I post code to GitHub, I would get fired instantly. Also, I don't like doing for-free programming during my spare time -- I have more in life than crunching code all the time. Yes, I do have some programming related side projects, but I don't feel like posting them publicly as they are not polished to my usual coding standards. If some companies see programmers as some robots that write code 24/7 (even better - for free), I don't mind them skipping my CV as we probably are on different boat anyway.
  • Bartweiss 10y ago
    Fired, sued, and perhaps arrested if Aleynikov is any guide. I don't see any problem with employers looking at a candidate's OSS/free-time programming if it exists, but that's very different standard than requiring it.
• sotojuan 10y ago
  Not just gigantic companies... plenty of startup employees have empty profiles as well and are doing fine. Companies that open source are actually pretty rare.
• amyjess 10y ago
  Exactly. I work at a very conservative B2B telecom. Nothing we do is open source, and having worked at another B2B telecom in the past that largely avoided open source, I have a feeling the entire industry is like this. I'm honestly much more comfortable in enterprisey environments than in companies that try to be hip and cool, so if a company cares about my GitHub, they're probably not a company I'd want to work for.