> On 21 Jan 2015, at 16:54, Matthew Valentine-House <[email protected]> > wrote: > > and as a programmer the repos are your best CV > > No.
Perhaps best was a little bit of an exaggeration, but they’re important. You can get a job without one. > https://blog.jcoglan.com/2013/11/15/why-github-is-not-your-cv/ > <https://blog.jcoglan.com/2013/11/15/why-github-is-not-your-cv/> Hiring people is hard and mistakes can cost a lot. Employers are going to use everything they can find to reassure themselves that their decisions are sound, and if you’re going up against similar people a Github profile can really help single you out. Also, it’s a lot easier for someone like Ashe or James to talk about how a Github profile shouldn’t matter, as they are both well known in their fields. Wether or not is *should* be a differentiator is a different discussion (I happen to be fine with it). Do, or don’t have a curated Github profile, do or don’t contribute to OSS, do or don’t go to meetups and get involved with the community, whatever you feel is going to help you out getting a job the most ;) Will. -- 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.
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