> > So only people with meaningful things to say or build should get noticed and hired? > ...based on writing essays. > There are other ways to get noticed an

> > So only people with meaningful things to say or build should get noticed and hired? > ...based on writing essays. > There are other ways to get noticed and hired. Whenever hiring discussions come up, the three ways put forward to "get noticed" are personal blog, Github projects, and meetup attendance. None of those avenues work unless you have something meaningful to say or build outside of your day job. Having something meaningful to say or build in your day job seems to be deprecated in this market, because liars.