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For sure, but I cant really think of another low friction way to detect high quality candidates. CVs are easy to bullshit as the OP points out and ascertaining
by pydry 5y ago
For sure, but I cant really think of another low friction way to detect high quality candidates.
CVs are easy to bullshit as the OP points out and ascertaining performance on a technical interview comes at a high cost.
Search costs matter. Other than "I worked with this guy" (which doesnt scale) I dont know of a quicker method of uncovering an obviously decent programmer.
- Juliate 5y agoSearch costs matter, and GitHub browsing is low friction, but extremely low signal on a very narrow bandwidth. A lot of the best (technical-wise and ethic-wise) collaborators I've had had and have no public profile, some even not on LinkedIn. You won't find them there.
- pydry 5y agoshrug this is the exact opposite of my experience. All the really great people I've worked with have had at least something there and I've never worked with somebody with a great github profile that wasnt also a great programmer. Having a decent profile is rare enough that it cant be your whole hiring pipeline but IMHO it's a great reason to let somebody skip an assessment stage or prioritize them for interview.