Nice list. I especially agree with this point: > 1. Contribution to open-source/having Github projects is an indispensable requirement. Not everyone is a hobb

Nice list. I especially agree with this point: > 1. Contribution to open-source/having Github projects is an indispensable requirement. Not everyone is a hobbyist who treats programming like the centre of their whole life, and many great programmers see it as a job like anything else. And would like to add a related falsehood: not every programmer has a portfolio/lengthy list of work examples to show off. Many do, but keep in mind that some jobs are under NDA, some jobs involve internal systems and some jobs simply involve the sites/programs worked on never going live. In these cases, someone could work for years and have little to show for it.