I have no way of distinguishing a genuinely talented developer from a bullshitter.
Nonsense. Put him in front of a computer and ask him to write something. Then evaluate him based on that.
I have written hundreds of thousands of lines of code, but only have a few thousand up on Github and quite frankly, most of that is not my best work. Most of the code I write is proprietary.
Why should I spend half a day or more interviewing a candidate who can present no real evidence that they can actually code, when I can have my pick of people whose Github profiles are overflowing with quality commits?
Pretty simple. Those with overflowing commits on Github either have a very skewed work/life balance or quite simply, have no actual work experience. Open source only pays the bills in very rare circumstances.
Those with overflowing commits on Github either have a very skewed work/life balance or quite simply, have no actual work experience.
This. I would LOVE to contribute to open source. But I also want a life. I want the life more than I want to contribute. So until I can contribute while I'm on the job, my github account will languish. And that's fine by me.
My last interview asked me about my github account, and I told him just that, that I'd love to contribute, but just don't have the time. I still got the job.
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Nonsense. Put him in front of a computer and ask him to write something. Then evaluate him based on that.
I have written hundreds of thousands of lines of code, but only have a few thousand up on Github and quite frankly, most of that is not my best work. Most of the code I write is proprietary.
Pretty simple. Those with overflowing commits on Github either have a very skewed work/life balance or quite simply, have no actual work experience. Open source only pays the bills in very rare circumstances.
This. I would LOVE to contribute to open source. But I also want a life. I want the life more than I want to contribute. So until I can contribute while I'm on the job, my github account will languish. And that's fine by me.
My last interview asked me about my github account, and I told him just that, that I'd love to contribute, but just don't have the time. I still got the job.
It's not a problem until you make it a problem.