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Github is already essentially Linkedin for developers.

tmpz22 8y ago
Yea but unlike LinkedIn people don't put their entire resume and a litany of other personal info on the front page. Yes your resume website might be in your github, but the exposure is much more intentional.
paulie_a 8y ago
Except GitHub doesn't steal your contact list and then send fraudulent notifications to them like LinkedIn does.
- bradknowles 8y ago
  So far. Let's see how long that lasts.
- fake-name 8y ago
  Well, github doesn't. I have had assholes scrape my commits for the commit e-mail address, and spam me already. Give it time.
  - MaulingMonkey 8y ago
    Happened to me too. Told me to email them back to "unsubscribe", which of course didn't work. They train my spam filters now.
hueving 8y ago
Maybe for junior devs to get their foot in the door, but not for any higher level positions. You can't tell very much about someone's engineering skills based on some public commits to a side project and very few people (<1%) are writing open source professionally.
- dvtrn 8y ago
  I wished more recruiters got this. The bulk of many professional's work i would imagine is deemed proprietary company property and not everyone really has the life that affords them the time to commit frequently to someone else's pet project repository because we have kids and families that soak up that time. "Do you have a GitHub profile?" Is a question thats making me raise an eyebrow more and more lately, what if I don't? What's that say about me that I'm not constantly constantly distributing my code to everyone else via public repositories? Yes I have a github profile but all you're going to find is a Jekyll site where I blog about model airplanes and geek off about air traffic control chatter. Doubt that's very interesting content for a guy who works in fintech
  - gear54rus 8y ago
    > what if I don't? god I hope this is exaggerated lol. Filthy recruiter, how can they even ask such a question. How dare they ask whether I make tech world better outside my job. Muh keeds, muh family. > my code The one that is built on titanic effort of others not all of which was compensated in any way at all?
    - Double_a_92 8y ago
      To other jobs have such requirements? And also what should you do? Throw away your non-engineering private life so you can find a job easier later at some point?
      - gear54rus 8y ago
        >To other jobs have such requirements? Do other jobs have such benefits? Remote work all over the globe for example? The fact that everyone needs IT these days and so you have tons of work? Nice comfy offices? Apples to oranges won't fly. > And also what should you do? Find a work-life balance instead of answering a fair question with a defensive silly question of your own (I ain't even a recruiter and that answer right there made me lol, imagine a guy having to listen to that defensive shit and still having to try and salvage a candidate because he may have strict job requirements). And by that balance I mean either work your ass off to produce quality code in your spare time and stand out among candidates or don't and someone else will stand out instead. Also check out the irony with this 'my code' stuff too. That's exactly why you have to work ass off in spare time: because every employer goes 'quack! it's my code, don't show it to anyone' so you can't share it with another recruiter.

Yea but unlike LinkedIn people don't put their entire resume and a litany of other personal info on the front page. Yes your resume website might be in your github, but the exposure is much more intentional.

paulie_a 8y ago

Except GitHub doesn't steal your contact list and then send fraudulent notifications to them like LinkedIn does.

bradknowles 8y ago
So far. Let's see how long that lasts.
fake-name 8y ago
Well, github doesn't. I have had assholes scrape my commits for the commit e-mail address, and spam me already. Give it time.
- MaulingMonkey 8y ago
  Happened to me too. Told me to email them back to "unsubscribe", which of course didn't work. They train my spam filters now.

hueving 8y ago

Maybe for junior devs to get their foot in the door, but not for any higher level positions. You can't tell very much about someone's engineering skills based on some public commits to a side project and very few people (<1%) are writing open source professionally.

dvtrn 8y ago
I wished more recruiters got this. The bulk of many professional's work i would imagine is deemed proprietary company property and not everyone really has the life that affords them the time to commit frequently to someone else's pet project repository because we have kids and families that soak up that time. "Do you have a GitHub profile?" Is a question thats making me raise an eyebrow more and more lately, what if I don't? What's that say about me that I'm not constantly constantly distributing my code to everyone else via public repositories? Yes I have a github profile but all you're going to find is a Jekyll site where I blog about model airplanes and geek off about air traffic control chatter. Doubt that's very interesting content for a guy who works in fintech
- gear54rus 8y ago
  > what if I don't? god I hope this is exaggerated lol. Filthy recruiter, how can they even ask such a question. How dare they ask whether I make tech world better outside my job. Muh keeds, muh family. > my code The one that is built on titanic effort of others not all of which was compensated in any way at all?
  - Double_a_92 8y ago
    To other jobs have such requirements? And also what should you do? Throw away your non-engineering private life so you can find a job easier later at some point?
    - gear54rus 8y ago
      >To other jobs have such requirements? Do other jobs have such benefits? Remote work all over the globe for example? The fact that everyone needs IT these days and so you have tons of work? Nice comfy offices? Apples to oranges won't fly. > And also what should you do? Find a work-life balance instead of answering a fair question with a defensive silly question of your own (I ain't even a recruiter and that answer right there made me lol, imagine a guy having to listen to that defensive shit and still having to try and salvage a candidate because he may have strict job requirements). And by that balance I mean either work your ass off to produce quality code in your spare time and stand out among candidates or don't and someone else will stand out instead. Also check out the irony with this 'my code' stuff too. That's exactly why you have to work ass off in spare time: because every employer goes 'quack! it's my code, don't show it to anyone' so you can't share it with another recruiter.