Exactly. All of it. If you don't like it, fix it. If you can't fix it, replace it (or ignore it). Just because some companies only want to hire people that writ

Exactly. All of it. If you don't like it, fix it. If you can't fix it, replace it (or ignore it). Just because some companies only want to hire people that write code 24/7 doesn't mean all companies have to. And there are some of us that work in closed-source or secure code that simply don't have a public codebase. And an occasional few that are contractually prohibited from writing public code in their "off" time. (Does having a large codebase freely available make evaluating a potential hire easier? No doubt. I'm not questioning that.) I'm a programmer by trade but a hardware guy by birth and education. I don't do endless amounts of coding in my off-time, but instead build things. When it comes time for me to move on, if /everybody/ I talk to requires a large open-source codebase for me to even sit in the same room as them - I won't care. I'll find some like-minded folk and create my own job.