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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.
by 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 agoi can chip in. I was rejected at least a couple time because of that.
- woah 10y agoIs it worse than being rejected as a candidate for not having crammed on algorithm mind teasers before the interview?
- solumos 10y agoProbably. 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 agoI 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 agoThough 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 agoBeing 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".