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Ideally the candidate has a really full GitHub 'resume', and we can just go back through their open source projects together. Note not everyone is a Github us
by yeukhon 13y ago
Ideally the candidate has a really full GitHub 'resume', and we can just go back through their open source projects together.
Note not everyone is a Github user. Some brilliant Python projects that I use are still hosting on Bitbucket and/or Google code (and of course some on sourcegeforge) so we should be careful with that. I will assume OP is making an alias rather than excluding other service providers, though it is important to keep that in mind (in particular, if you are implementing a form with a field "github profile", please provide either a drop-down menu or a general field with multiple textboxes)
Combining the rest, I can consider this almost a Javascript tutorial for experienced programmer. Bravo on the neat, concise writing.
- meerita 13y agoI guess he meant Githug or other places where he can dig on code. I have Github, Bitbucket & Google Code accounts too.
- davedx 13y agoOf course. Most programming interviews I've had over the years have asked for code samples. Github is just the first thing people think of, but companies will always in my experience ask for you to email them some code samples if you don't have a Github account. Although there's an argument to be made that owning a many-starred project or contributing to a big OS project is also an indicator :)
- taude 13y agoI've never once had a company ask for a code sample. What's the point in that? Lazy lame candidates will just go copy something off the internet.
- frankzinger 13y agoThat is why people say 'get them to walk through their code'. Also, it's not that easy to fake a project's complete git or other VCS history.