>From my experience around 90% of clients will proritise candidates with
good Github profiles, 20% of which will not bother to pursue candidates if
they don't have something on there that captivates them unless I push them
to..

I make the arguments that there are plenty of good developers that don't
have substantial contributions on their profiles because they haven't
worked in places that have facilitated it or in their spare time they've
worked on code they'd rather no publicly display (often their own
products/start up ideas), some listen, some don't.

To candidates I tell them that from a purely pragmatic point of view they
should work on their Github profiles if they can because prospective
employers will check it out at some point and it will probably influence
them in some capacity.

Best, Louis.

*Louis Goff-Beardsley*
*Ultra-specialised Independent Ruby Recruitment*
https://www.linkedin.com/in/louisbeardsley
*"I just can't stop thinking about Ruby on Rails"*
*Mobile:* 07449 324 851 *BBS:* 0118 327 1821
*Skype/Googletalk*: [email protected]
@LouisRoR <https://twitter.com/LouisRoR>
irc.freenode.org - LouisRoR - #Ruby #LRUG #NWRUG #Pokemonchat

On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 4:54 PM, Matthew Valentine-House <
[email protected]> wrote:

> and as a programmer the repos are your best CV
>
>
> No.
>
> https://blog.jcoglan.com/2013/11/15/why-github-is-not-your-cv/
>
> --
> Matthew Valentine-House
> http://eightbitraptor.com
>
> --
> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups
> "NWRUG" group.
> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an
> email to [email protected].
> To post to this group, send email to [email protected].
> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nwrug-members.
> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
>

-- 
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups 
"NWRUG" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email 
to [email protected].
To post to this group, send email to [email protected].
Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nwrug-members.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.

Reply via email to