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I have a github account, with not much in it. And not much to add to it. I've written tons of code, but it was all under various NDAs and uploading it wouldn't

I have a github account, with not much in it. And not much to add to it. I've written tons of code, but it was all under various NDAs and uploading it wouldn't be a good idea.

chrisseaton 8y ago
Projects from when you were a student? I have my undergraduate project on there for example, from well over a decade ago, but it still gets a lot of interest. Community service projects? I maintain a bibliography I have on there, and I write a local history book on my GitHub. I made a website for a conference on there recently. Slides, notes and code from conference talks you've given? Hobbies? I used to have some repositories with things related to the sport I play. Open source projects you contribute to in the course of your work? Notes and experiments you make while learning about technology like new languages and libraries? You must have done at least something like those ideas at some point in your life? I mean you obviously don't have to if you don't want to and I don't know anything about your personal situation, but if you do want to have a GitHub profile I'm sure there's tons of things you're involved in in your life that you could upload even if you work at the NSA or something.
- dajohnson89 8y ago
  yeah sure, i have some stuff i did for coursera data science courses up there. and a neat graph algorithm project i did for a take-home interview. i think they’re ok, but i was really asking if google et al want an impressive github resume. based on the comment i replied to, they might.
therealdrag0 8y ago
As an interviewer I've never looked at a candidates github. As an interviewee I've gotten a number of first interviews without having a github. It might help, and my friend at M$ says they look at it, but I don't think it is required.

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I have a github account, with not much in it. And not much to add to it. I've written tons of code, but it was all under various NDAs and uploading it wouldn't

by dajohnson89 8y ago

I have a github account, with not much in it. And not much to add to it. I've written tons of code, but it was all under various NDAs and uploading it wouldn't be a good idea.

chrisseaton 8y ago
Projects from when you were a student? I have my undergraduate project on there for example, from well over a decade ago, but it still gets a lot of interest. Community service projects? I maintain a bibliography I have on there, and I write a local history book on my GitHub. I made a website for a conference on there recently. Slides, notes and code from conference talks you've given? Hobbies? I used to have some repositories with things related to the sport I play. Open source projects you contribute to in the course of your work? Notes and experiments you make while learning about technology like new languages and libraries? You must have done at least something like those ideas at some point in your life? I mean you obviously don't have to if you don't want to and I don't know anything about your personal situation, but if you do want to have a GitHub profile I'm sure there's tons of things you're involved in in your life that you could upload even if you work at the NSA or something.
- dajohnson89 8y ago
  yeah sure, i have some stuff i did for coursera data science courses up there. and a neat graph algorithm project i did for a take-home interview. i think they’re ok, but i was really asking if google et al want an impressive github resume. based on the comment i replied to, they might.
therealdrag0 8y ago
As an interviewer I've never looked at a candidates github. As an interviewee I've gotten a number of first interviews without having a github. It might help, and my friend at M$ says they look at it, but I don't think it is required.