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As much as I love stackoverflow, I don't know that I want to create a hiring culture/environment in which the top thing on a resume is what % of users person x
by cyanbane 15y ago
As much as I love stackoverflow, I don't know that I want to create a hiring culture/environment in which the top thing on a resume is what % of users person x is in with regards to answering questions (or creating answers people like) on a specific (for profit) website. I do agree with the underlying premise that judging people by resumes is a tired tradition and I don't know if I have a better answer - yet? :) This isn't a dig on gamification either, traditional resumes might be the original 'career gamification'. Just not sure that having an entire industry base expertise in some manner on the weight of one website's ranking algo is a smart move.
- cruise02 15y agoI think that weight is a lot more accurate than what we have now, which is many candidates listing technologies on their resume if they've ever heard of them. I have top 10% listed on my SO Careers profile for c#, java, php, javascript, and c++. If you click on any one of them you're taken directly to the search results of what I've written to get those tags listed at the top of my CV. The point is that you don't have to just trust in the algorithm, you can check for yourself.