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For a new job is it standard now to ask 4 blog, github, stackoverflow, linkedin

4 points by beyondjaded 15y ago

I understand the reason behind this as it shows very transparently your skill but is it expected all this is done in your free time just for the love of it? If these don't fit into your current job logging into stackoverflow every night or updating some killer github modules definitely, combined with reading the latest texts takes a lot of time away from family and loved ones and turns a 40 hour week into a 60 hour week.<p>Has anyone got any thoughts on this, it's a bit of a sensitive subject and while I love software there are other parts of life I enjoy just as much and look forward to in my freetime.<p>Am I just managing my time badly or is it that competitive now?

jister 15y ago
only shortsighted fools will require you to have all those although some may ask but it's definitely not required
petervandijck 15y ago
It's not 20 hours a week, it's 20 hours once, only when looking for a job. If you can't be bothered to put some brief, good code on github to review, why would I be bothered to interview you?
- beyondjaded 15y ago
  well I've seen some local jobs asking for people who can contributed to the core of Jquery or Prototype for example and their github accounts to go with that. If this fits in with your previous job description like you say it doesn't take long to tidy things up but being a really valid part of any open source community whether takes a lot of time and is definitely comparable to another part time job on top of a normal job
thejteam 15y ago
Perhaps its an internet company thing? Maybe a California/SV thing? I don't know of anybody asking for this.(Located East Coast and rural). The company I work for is on linkedin and has gotten resumes from it before, although none good enough for an interview. They have never asked any candidates for any outside information like that. Describe the design and code for a project is a standard interview question, but even then only for people just out of college. The type of work we do though doesn't require cutting edge coding skills, though. I guess we look for people who can really think through things and come up with a good design. I think evaluating this is easier in interview discussions than looking at code, especially if the evaluator has never thought about the problem before.

4 points by beyondjaded 15y ago

jister 15y ago

only shortsighted fools will require you to have all those although some may ask but it's definitely not required

petervandijck 15y ago

It's not 20 hours a week, it's 20 hours once, only when looking for a job. If you can't be bothered to put some brief, good code on github to review, why would I be bothered to interview you?

beyondjaded 15y ago
well I've seen some local jobs asking for people who can contributed to the core of Jquery or Prototype for example and their github accounts to go with that. If this fits in with your previous job description like you say it doesn't take long to tidy things up but being a really valid part of any open source community whether takes a lot of time and is definitely comparable to another part time job on top of a normal job

thejteam 15y ago

Perhaps its an internet company thing? Maybe a California/SV thing? I don't know of anybody asking for this.(Located East Coast and rural). The company I work for is on linkedin and has gotten resumes from it before, although none good enough for an interview. They have never asked any candidates for any outside information like that. Describe the design and code for a project is a standard interview question, but even then only for people just out of college. The type of work we do though doesn't require cutting edge coding skills, though. I guess we look for people who can really think through things and come up with a good design. I think evaluating this is easier in interview discussions than looking at code, especially if the evaluator has never thought about the problem before.