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As a 20 year old I'm frustrated that your eye for design is way better than mine, but at the same time, I'm also frustrated that you're listing projects and the

As a 20 year old I'm frustrated that your eye for design is way better than mine, but at the same time, I'm also frustrated that you're listing projects and they're not on your github, nor are they apparently deployed at all... The images aren't hyperlinks. * Wire clothing - there are a billion clothing brands with wire in the name, which one is yours? * VIDBY - google search shows nothing in first 3 pages. * Mobile App - where can I see it? * upload.it - URL definitely does not resolve to the site pictured. * School Site - where can I see it? * eStavebny Dennik - See, this one's real and it's awesome! http://www.estavebnydennik.sk/ http://www.estavebnydennik.sk/ EDIT: They do exist, disregard this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9459684 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9459684 I've mocked websites and apps before too, but I always am sure to note that I've mocked it, not built it. If you're a front end web designer, there's no shame in that, there's a lot you can do with that. This site and eStavebny are more than enough to impress people. If the other stuff was available to look at, that'd be cool too. But don't mislead people, because if they're going to hire you, they are going to want to look deeper. Last month my dad was telling me about the interns he was interviewing for this summer. He said he was most frustrated by the amount of overselling that these kids were doing for themselves. No, your management experience of managing your highschool robotics team is not relevant at a fortune 500 company. Related to this is the problem with college admissions. Everyone has a 4.0 with multiple APs and played varsity sports and can write a boring essay. Everyone is afraid to admit what they don't know. And I don't mean unknown unknowns, I mean known unknowns. I'm coexisting in this problem just as much as you are, and I just want to say that I hate this. I wish we could all be honest with our skills and I wish employers would appreciate that honesty more. But we can't afford to be modest and honest, so I guess can't fault you for doing what we all do. It's like steroids in baseball.

silverbax88 12y ago
I have hired a lot of developers over the last 15 years and not once have I cared if they have a github account.
- ElComradio 12y ago
  I have no (public) github account and I approve this message.
  - Raphmedia 12y ago
    Out of the 120 developers where I work, about 5 have active github accounts. Hiring based on github is ridiculous.
    - jboy55 12y ago
      I don't expect to see one for professional devs, a lot of time what we develop we aren't allowed to share. Or, if its a side project, its not necessarily open source. However, for college grads, or those without a CS degree and transitioning from a bootcamp, a github account really sets you apart and is becoming a must.
      - silverbax88 12y ago
        I don't agree with that. I actively hire guys off of internship. I welcome it. And I've even told guys when they were good enough to get more money somewhere else and I couldn't get it approved to keep them. Because a few years later, when they are established and I'm hiring that level of dev, I want to be able to try and get them again. And I have. I don't really need to see a GitHub account. Actually, I don't want to see it at all, because I don't have time. Let's just talk about what you've built, what got you excited and what types of things you like to really get heads down in. I'm going to slip in some tech questions during the conversation but if you're a solid programmer you probably won't even notice it. If you're not, you're going to give me a deer-in-headlights look or worse, try to bullshit me. I'm not going to call you on it, but I'm not going to hire you, either.
    - aquadrop 12y ago
      Are any of those 5 githubbers in the "lower half" amongst all 120 developers?
geographomics 12y ago
Well the school website definitely exists: http://www.spse-po.sk/ http://www.spse-po.sk/ And there is a github repo for his "upload.it" project, which appears to be a collaboration: https://github.com/mochja/odovzdaj.to https://github.com/mochja/odovzdaj.to The Wire Clothing brand appears to be a work in progress as of the start of this month: https://dribbble.com/shots/2003539-WIRE-Clothing-brand-label https://dribbble.com/shots/2003539-WIRE-Clothing-brand-label, https://dribbble.com/shots/2004870--WIP-Wire-Shirts https://dribbble.com/shots/2004870--WIP-Wire-Shirts And VIDEBY, which was also a collaboration, seems to be a school project only: https://www.google.com/search?q="videby"+site:sk https://www.google.com/search?q="videby"+site:sk So his work doesn't seem to be that much oversold, though I agree it would be nice to see more detail than a screenshot.
MarekDlugos 12y ago
Yes you are right man. I wanted to add links on that stuff in next commit.

silverbax88 12y ago

I have hired a lot of developers over the last 15 years and not once have I cared if they have a github account.

ElComradio 12y ago
I have no (public) github account and I approve this message.
- Raphmedia 12y ago
  Out of the 120 developers where I work, about 5 have active github accounts. Hiring based on github is ridiculous.
  - jboy55 12y ago
    I don't expect to see one for professional devs, a lot of time what we develop we aren't allowed to share. Or, if its a side project, its not necessarily open source. However, for college grads, or those without a CS degree and transitioning from a bootcamp, a github account really sets you apart and is becoming a must.
    - silverbax88 12y ago
      I don't agree with that. I actively hire guys off of internship. I welcome it. And I've even told guys when they were good enough to get more money somewhere else and I couldn't get it approved to keep them. Because a few years later, when they are established and I'm hiring that level of dev, I want to be able to try and get them again. And I have. I don't really need to see a GitHub account. Actually, I don't want to see it at all, because I don't have time. Let's just talk about what you've built, what got you excited and what types of things you like to really get heads down in. I'm going to slip in some tech questions during the conversation but if you're a solid programmer you probably won't even notice it. If you're not, you're going to give me a deer-in-headlights look or worse, try to bullshit me. I'm not going to call you on it, but I'm not going to hire you, either.
  - aquadrop 12y ago
    Are any of those 5 githubbers in the "lower half" amongst all 120 developers?

geographomics 12y ago

Well the school website definitely exists: http://www.spse-po.sk/ http://www.spse-po.sk/ And there is a github repo for his "upload.it" project, which appears to be a collaboration: https://github.com/mochja/odovzdaj.to https://github.com/mochja/odovzdaj.to The Wire Clothing brand appears to be a work in progress as of the start of this month: https://dribbble.com/shots/2003539-WIRE-Clothing-brand-label https://dribbble.com/shots/2003539-WIRE-Clothing-brand-label, https://dribbble.com/shots/2004870--WIP-Wire-Shirts https://dribbble.com/shots/2004870--WIP-Wire-Shirts And VIDEBY, which was also a collaboration, seems to be a school project only: https://www.google.com/search?q="videby"+site:sk https://www.google.com/search?q="videby"+site:sk So his work doesn't seem to be that much oversold, though I agree it would be nice to see more detail than a screenshot.

MarekDlugos 12y ago

Yes you are right man. I wanted to add links on that stuff in next commit.