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| few real-world developers actually have profiles there. What is the actual ratio of developers on github to not on github? All the developers where I work a

by jekrb 12y ago

| few real-world developers actually have profiles there. What is the actual ratio of developers on github to not on github? All the developers where I work are on github, as well as the developers who I know personally. And if not on github, then bitbucket.

dublinclontarf 12y ago
I've got a github account, no public code. All my work is private. How many other people are the same?
- lhnz 12y ago
  I have a Github and I actually have a few public projects but the vast amount of my work is private. Funny thing is that even if you create side-projects it's unlikely that you'll actually want to make them public. For example, say you want to create a Saas or bootstrap a small startup. The idea of putting all of your execution online for all to see (or borrow) is super scary. For me it's about potential upside. If I take time off work to work on my own projects and I expend 10 hours a day in creating them, am I doing this in order to lock down a better job in a couple of months, or am I doing this because I would like to some day have personally crafted something which creates value for others and allows me to live freely? I think you'd have to be crazy to want to put huge projects online for all to see (particularly as they can often require stigmatising relaxation of processes which don't make as much sense as an individual in order to be able to handle the workload as a sole engineer.) Of course there are those that like to build development tools and libraries for other engineers. That's a priesthood I've not really entered properly - it's hard to create something which isn't just yet another me-too framework, but very respectable if you are able to do this (top ~1%).
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hunglee2 12y ago
90% of Stack users do not have Github accounts. That was my intel from an insider source from Stack. Got no proof beyond that but intuitively feels about right. NB: lot of MS guys on Stack - maybe a correlation there

by jekrb 12y ago

dublinclontarf 12y ago

I've got a github account, no public code. All my work is private. How many other people are the same?

lhnz 12y ago
I have a Github and I actually have a few public projects but the vast amount of my work is private. Funny thing is that even if you create side-projects it's unlikely that you'll actually want to make them public. For example, say you want to create a Saas or bootstrap a small startup. The idea of putting all of your execution online for all to see (or borrow) is super scary. For me it's about potential upside. If I take time off work to work on my own projects and I expend 10 hours a day in creating them, am I doing this in order to lock down a better job in a couple of months, or am I doing this because I would like to some day have personally crafted something which creates value for others and allows me to live freely? I think you'd have to be crazy to want to put huge projects online for all to see (particularly as they can often require stigmatising relaxation of processes which don't make as much sense as an individual in order to be able to handle the workload as a sole engineer.) Of course there are those that like to build development tools and libraries for other engineers. That's a priesthood I've not really entered properly - it's hard to create something which isn't just yet another me-too framework, but very respectable if you are able to do this (top ~1%).
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hunglee2 12y ago

90% of Stack users do not have Github accounts. That was my intel from an insider source from Stack. Got no proof beyond that but intuitively feels about right. NB: lot of MS guys on Stack - maybe a correlation there