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I agree about the fairness. I personally don't even have a GitHub account, because I have little use for one. My code falls to at least 95% in one of two catego

I agree about the fairness. I personally don't even have a GitHub account, because I have little use for one. My code falls to at least 95% in one of two categories: code I wrote for other people for money which I am not allowed to share or code I wrote for myself for a very specific purpose where no fitting solution already exists and that has little to no value for anyone but me. Sharing the latter would mean investing time in cleaning up and documenting things although nobody apart from me is ever going to use it. I don't see that as a good use of my time just to gain bragging rights.

comrh 13y ago
"code I wrote for myself for a very specific purpose where no fitting solution already exists and that has little to no value for anyone but me." I always assumed public repositories are for these types of projects too. "Hey this code isn't clean or maybe finished but it solves this really specific problem maybe it could help someone". I understand being nervous about not putting your best code out there but I think there is also something to be said for releasing your problem solving attempts.
harryh 13y ago
Companies have no obligation to be fair in hiring (accept for certain legally protected classes). They have an obligation to run the best hiring process they know how in order to acquire great people. It's important to understand that.