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I still want to see the thought process behind problem solving, and associated communication, especially when in unfamiliar territory - code output alone doesn'
by brey 13y ago
I still want to see the thought process behind problem solving, and associated communication, especially when in unfamiliar territory - code output alone doesn't show that.
But the existence of a github account is strongly correlated to a hire. It's depressing how many candidates haven't even heard of github...
- gaius 13y agoThese days, now that word has gotten out, it's not unusual to see fake GitHubs, with an unmodified fork of another project in say. HR is not equipped to evaluate this, it needs an engineer to git clone and take a look.
- mordae 13y agoHmm, it's not that hard: https://github.com/plt/racket/commits?author=mordae https://github.com/plt/racket/commits?author=mordae You can find "repositories contributed to" in people's profiles.
- gaius 13y agoYour HR department knows to do this? I call shenanigans.
- marco-fiset 13y agoAn HR department should not be hiring software developpers.