Don,
The problem with saying, "All I have built are Intranets" is that employers
immediately raise a red flag. That statement might imply that the developer
doesn't have proof of experience, or they are trying to hide the fact that
they have none. In order to combat this perception developers should be able
to provide a portfolio of sample code during their first interview.
Professionally bound by Kinkos with tabs marking different types of
functionality, is how I have mine.
Regardless, when I interview developers I always ask them how experienced
they are, and then quiz them right there to see if they told me the truth.
In most cases I weigh honesty with greater magnitude than being able to
answer my toughest questions about complex Oracle JOIN theory, and syntax.
- Chris
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-----Original Message-----
From: Don Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2001 8:24 PM
To: CF-Jobs
Subject: resume and portfolio websites
coincidentally a friend of mine just started looking for a job last week and
is building his resume site, he's an ASP guy (should I have said ex-friend?)
but we got talking about web-based apps and resumes.
All he's built in the last 3 years were intranets and web-based
applications. Some of the ones he's shown me were pretty impressive-- large
sites with lots of functionality. His raw code isn't amazing- not like some
of the JavaScript geniuses I work with- but he's certainly capable of
putting forth the effort for the larger apps.
What would a potential employer want to see? Can't link to the intranet
sites since they are all password protected. Can't even find some of the
web-based apps that one company never put into production. So what would
you as employers suggest for a resume site? Code samples? just build an
application for that resume site? stock it with custom tags or sample apps?
There are plenty of us (even myself, though I'm not looking) who did their
best development on secure sites that can't just be linked to...
Don
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