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I don't think SO Rep is really a good candidate for "the one number to rule them all" when it comes to hiring. As much as we'd like it if everyone used SO, the

I don't think SO Rep is really a good candidate for "the one number to rule them all" when it comes to hiring. As much as we'd like it if everyone used SO, they don't. A great majority of the users of SO never gain enough reputation to distinguish them from each other based solely on rep. You can look at the reputation distribution for SO at http://stackexchange.com/leagues/1/week/stackoverflow http://stackexchange.com/leagues/1/week/stackoverflow in the sidebar under Total Reputation. Even if we say that having 200+ rep is the signal, that's only 41K people in the world. So if someone decides on using SO Reputation alone to qualify candidates, they can't effectively solve the primary problem of sourcing those candidates.

robeastham 16y ago
I sort of figured this when building Mighty CV. It's a résumé building app aimed at hackers that I've just launched. As Jason's point illustrates, I think what's most useful to potential employers is to be able to see a snapshot of activity across a broad number of relevant sites. That's why Mighty CV allows you to include stats on your résumé from StackOverflow, Github and Hacker News. You just have to supply your user id for each site when creating your résumé. Here's what my Mighty CV résumé looks like: http://robeastham.mightycv.com http://robeastham.mightycv.com The service is in private beta at the moment but I've just added a beta signup code in the first entry for experience in my résumé above. If this service sounds interesting to you then check then sign up for the beta. I really need as much feedback as possible at this point as I only launched the private beta yesterday. I'm hoping to provide integration with pinboard soon so the last five posts from pinboard with the tag 'mightycv' will also automatically show up on your résumé. All Mighty CV's have an on demand PDF export feature, private cover letter URL's and a bunch of other cool stuff too. Hope you all like it.

robeastham 16y ago

I sort of figured this when building Mighty CV. It's a résumé building app aimed at hackers that I've just launched. As Jason's point illustrates, I think what's most useful to potential employers is to be able to see a snapshot of activity across a broad number of relevant sites. That's why Mighty CV allows you to include stats on your résumé from StackOverflow, Github and Hacker News. You just have to supply your user id for each site when creating your résumé. Here's what my Mighty CV résumé looks like: http://robeastham.mightycv.com http://robeastham.mightycv.com The service is in private beta at the moment but I've just added a beta signup code in the first entry for experience in my résumé above. If this service sounds interesting to you then check then sign up for the beta. I really need as much feedback as possible at this point as I only launched the private beta yesterday. I'm hoping to provide integration with pinboard soon so the last five posts from pinboard with the tag 'mightycv' will also automatically show up on your résumé. All Mighty CV's have an on demand PDF export feature, private cover letter URL's and a bunch of other cool stuff too. Hope you all like it.