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As more employers look at your github repo, give coding tests, etc, the credits will be less important than the learning. Though certificates look good on a re
by dbecker 14y ago
As more employers look at your github repo, give coding tests, etc, the credits will be less important than the learning.
Though certificates look good on a resume, that makes them tomorrow's solution to yesterday's problem.
- molsongolden 14y agoThis is true for the majority of the HN crowd but what about for jobs outside of programming?
- dbecker 14y agoUntil recently, I would have agreed that other fields are different. But I interviewed knowledge workers from a variety of fields (e.g. a variety of engineering fields, management consulting) about hiring for a project I was considering. I was surprised how small a role resumes/credentials played in most hires. A lot of job contacts are made by word-of-mouth, hiring decisions were largely based the candidate's ability to talk intelligently about their previous projects, and HR asked for a resume after the deal was almost done. I'm sure there are situations where traditional resumes are still very important. But it appears less common than I'd assumed.