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>I think this is quite a discriminating practice - what if i don't do public projects? Then either start one or resign yourself to not getting the best possibl

>I think this is quite a discriminating practice - what if i don't do public projects? Then either start one or resign yourself to not getting the best possible tech jobs out there? As a discriminatory practice it's probably one of the most benign. There's a low bar to putting open source code out there. You can write a simple project and put it out there in a couple of weekends. That alone puts you ahead of about 80% of candidates. It's a way better discriminatory practice than the current default assumption that the best developers out there are white, male twenty-somethings.

chii 11y ago
> default assumption that the best developers out there are white, male twenty-somethings. don't you think that there's a higher proportion of white, twenty-something people who would have public projects (because they tend to have the most spare time)? Don't you think that the over-worked CRUD programmer at an obscure insurance company wanting to get out because they are in a difficult situation (may be financially, may be race/background etc), would find it hard to have time for a public showing of their coding prowess? No one is saying don't use public projects, but i would only consider them after other aspects, and certainly wouldn't cull people because of it.
- crdoconnor 11y ago
  >Don't you think that the over-worked CRUD programmer at an obscure insurance company wanting to get out because they are in a difficult situation (may be financially, may be race/background etc), would find it hard to have time for a public showing of their coding prowess? Like I said: the amount of time you realistically need to get something out there is about a couple of weekends.
senderista 11y ago
The bar is not necessarily as low as you think. At companies like Amazon you have to get approval for even the simplest personal projects, which could take months if you're unlucky.

chii 11y ago

> default assumption that the best developers out there are white, male twenty-somethings. don't you think that there's a higher proportion of white, twenty-something people who would have public projects (because they tend to have the most spare time)? Don't you think that the over-worked CRUD programmer at an obscure insurance company wanting to get out because they are in a difficult situation (may be financially, may be race/background etc), would find it hard to have time for a public showing of their coding prowess? No one is saying don't use public projects, but i would only consider them after other aspects, and certainly wouldn't cull people because of it.

crdoconnor 11y ago
>Don't you think that the over-worked CRUD programmer at an obscure insurance company wanting to get out because they are in a difficult situation (may be financially, may be race/background etc), would find it hard to have time for a public showing of their coding prowess? Like I said: the amount of time you realistically need to get something out there is about a couple of weekends.

senderista 11y ago

The bar is not necessarily as low as you think. At companies like Amazon you have to get approval for even the simplest personal projects, which could take months if you're unlucky.