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> Even if an ML/AI/software engineer has a public GH with projects on it, there's no strong reason to expect it will be a useful signal about their expertise.
by noch 2y ago
> Even if an ML/AI/software engineer has a public GH with projects on it, there's no strong reason to expect it will be a useful signal about their expertise.
That's only true if you don't know how to read code. I simply read their code and based on my level of expertise, I can determine if someone is at least at my level or if they are incompetent.
- abeppu 2y agoI can't tell if you're deliberately ignoring the point: people's public hobby projects may not be _about_ their area of expertise. They may be side projects specifically because they are outside of their main area. It isn't about ability to read code. It's about the difference between what you know well enough to build a career in (and produce non-public work) and what's interesting enough that you'll build it and give it away for fun. They may have very little to do with one another, even if both are expressed in code.
- noch 2y ago[flagged]