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What % of candidates have side projects to show you? When I did interviews, I saw probably less than 10% have any side projects to show.
by nanodano 9y ago
What % of candidates have side projects to show you? When I did interviews, I saw probably less than 10% have any side projects to show.
- pc86 9y agoI work in consulting, almost entirely for federal and state government. Here that number is low single digits.
- nanodano 9y agoThis is what I think most people fail to understand. It's not a _requirement_. The vast majority of people DON'T have side projects. Companies can't afford to simply auto-reject everyone who doesn't have side projects. The point is that if you do have any, it can help make you stand out dramatically.
- ratsimihah 9y agoThat's a surprising number. Did you interview mostly recent grads?
- wst_ 9y agoNot surprising at all. None of my colleagues have anything public. If that's not your thing I struggle to understand why should you.
- ratsimihah 9y agoAnd most of my work mates have public open source code. I would guess the environment candidates are selected from influences these numbers significantly. And you're right, I'd understand that in some of these environments, OSS isn't necessarily considered fun or relevant. Then again it's all speculation.