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I think it is. Most good people I interviewed so far had something on there from pet projects. I wouldn't expect that code to be brilliant, but just the fact th
by rb2k_ 12y ago
I think it is. Most good people I interviewed so far had something on there from pet projects. I wouldn't expect that code to be brilliant, but just the fact that they know how to use git, maybe even react to issues / PRs is a good start.
I personally have a lot of small cruft on mine (old blog migration scripts), a commandline video downloader that has a few issues, ...
None of that code was done on company time, but most people I know and like to work with find a few hours on a Saturday from time to time to just hack up something.
- vonmoltke 12y ago> Most good people I interviewed so far had something on there from pet projects. So the good people who didn't are just SOL? I say this as someone who actually has crap published, albeit nothing complicated. Furthermore, The "Github is your resume" crowd always claims they want to use it to see examples of how you code, meaning at least some of whatever you put there is supposed to be production-quality and representative of what you do or would write at your day job. They have a point, because otherwise Github is basically useless as a screening tool.
- rb2k_ 12y agoI just want someone that also hacks on things in their free time and likes it so much that they even want to publish things. (same idea with a technical blog)