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The whole 'do an open source' project is a crock. I single-handedly wrote a large Javascript module for a well-known editor. It's used by hundreds of people aro

The whole 'do an open source' project is a crock. I single-handedly wrote a large Javascript module for a well-known editor. It's used by hundreds of people around the world but all the folks employing 'front-end' programmers seem to bin my CV as my current fulltime job is 100% Python.

keyboardwarrior 11y ago
What seperates this javascript module from other javascript modules? besides convenience what kind of value adds it to a business? javascript is typically something you shouldnt focus on as open source experience imo. so many people doing it and doing it badly for feelsy points. you think the person who wrote nginx wouldnt get hired? something mission critical that alot of businesses use.
tokenrove 11y ago
Single-handedly might be part of the problem; part of what employers looking for open source work want to see is collaboration.
bayesianhorse 11y ago
Though I can't understand why someone wants desperately to switch from Python to Javascript, I do believe open source projects or at least side projects are very useful. They show what you can do, and that you are able to solve problems. Maybe the editor plugin is not doing that. A cool demo is worth more than a thousand lines of well written code.
Zimdale 11y ago
I feel like this could be companies looking more for a designer role rather than a front end programmer role. They are often mixed because most people don't know what to label developers. I work for a company now that frequently interviews front end/js devs and frankly if we find ANY github/public code it puts you in the lead above the next guy. What you normally write doesn't matter a whole lot because most concepts transfer to any language. Most of our applicants give us no previous code they have actually written. I fail to see how it can ever be argued that something < nothing.
alistproducer2 11y ago
Similar boat. I wrote an Angular JS clone (TemplarJS) but they seem more concerned about whether I can verticle center a div. As if a guy who can write a compiler from scratch in JS is going to have trouble building UIs. I don't get it, but I already have a good job so F it.

keyboardwarrior 11y ago

What seperates this javascript module from other javascript modules? besides convenience what kind of value adds it to a business? javascript is typically something you shouldnt focus on as open source experience imo. so many people doing it and doing it badly for feelsy points. you think the person who wrote nginx wouldnt get hired? something mission critical that alot of businesses use.

tokenrove 11y ago

Single-handedly might be part of the problem; part of what employers looking for open source work want to see is collaboration.

bayesianhorse 11y ago

Though I can't understand why someone wants desperately to switch from Python to Javascript, I do believe open source projects or at least side projects are very useful. They show what you can do, and that you are able to solve problems. Maybe the editor plugin is not doing that. A cool demo is worth more than a thousand lines of well written code.

Zimdale 11y ago

I feel like this could be companies looking more for a designer role rather than a front end programmer role. They are often mixed because most people don't know what to label developers. I work for a company now that frequently interviews front end/js devs and frankly if we find ANY github/public code it puts you in the lead above the next guy. What you normally write doesn't matter a whole lot because most concepts transfer to any language. Most of our applicants give us no previous code they have actually written. I fail to see how it can ever be argued that something < nothing.

alistproducer2 11y ago

Similar boat. I wrote an Angular JS clone (TemplarJS) but they seem more concerned about whether I can verticle center a div. As if a guy who can write a compiler from scratch in JS is going to have trouble building UIs. I don't get it, but I already have a good job so F it.