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One of them was co-inventor of gif format, another was a cygwin to contributor to cygwin gdb and so on. But that was all before their day job. Would you discar
by trustfundbaby 15y ago
One of them was co-inventor of gif format, another was a cygwin to contributor to cygwin gdb and so on. But that was all before their day job.
Would you discard them as "not so good" because they don't do anything in their spare time?
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No, because their prior accomplishments speak for themselves.
You need to stop looking at it as some yardstick to get over and understand that it is simply an informal measure of a developer's passion and drive, just because you don't do it doesn't mean "you suck. NO HIRE!"
- irahul 15y ago> No, because their prior accomplishments speak for themselves. I just quoted examples where their prior accomplishments was public. There were many whose prior accomplishments are not public and were for their employers. > simply an informal measure of a developer's passion and drive. I don't have a problem with using side projects as informal projects as informal measure of passion. I have a problem with your assertion that all good developers have side projects. I have worked with quite a few and most of them didn't.
- trustfundbaby 15y agowhat I said was "all the really good developers I've ever known or met have built something in their spare time" you took that to mean that I saying that ALL good developers have side projects ... I'm not stating that as an empirical fact, and if you read the comments I've left its clear that I understand that.