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We do not solicit proprietary information. It is true that it is more difficult for a candidate who has done more private, or NDA'd, work than someone who has d
by steveklabnik 3y ago
We do not solicit proprietary information. It is true that it is more difficult for a candidate who has done more private, or NDA'd, work than someone who has done a lot of open source work. But we understand if details need to be elided in order to be respectful of previous commitments. We have hired people in all of these various states before.
> I don’t think many people do [snip] on their own.
It is true that many people need to do new work as part of the application process. I wrote a large portion of my packet from scratch.
- Paul-Craft 3y ago> It is true that it is more difficult for a candidate who has done more private, or NDA'd, work than someone who has done a lot of open source work. I hope you realize as well that approximately everybody is the former sort of candidate.
- steveklabnik 3y agoMost people are in the middle. They can discuss previous work on some level. Yes, most people’s jobs are not purely in open source. That doesn’t mean they can’t discuss previous work they’ve done. Every employer wants to hear about past accomplishments in some form.