Excerpts from Timothée Poisot's message of 2016-02-28 18:42:33 +0100: > I agree with Greg wholeheartedly. Communicating the idea that 60hrs week is > not > only normal, but expected and a requirement for success, to PhD candidates, > is a > step in the wrong direction.
i am sorry, but if you want to work as a programmer, you have to learn programming some time. if you can do it at your current work, then good for you, but if you can't, how do you expect to pick up the skills i need from you? this goes for anyone who wants to change their career. as employer, it is not my responsibility to give you the time to learn stuff that i don't need from you. i'll give you time to learn things that will enhance your abilities to work for me, but if you want to do something else, then please learn that on your own time. > If I were to look at a candidate github profile, I would look at how they > behave > in issues and pull requests as opposed to how frequently they push code or the > number of projects. full ack. it's that and an indicator of experience in absence of any other experience. my own contributions made a significant difference in getting my first job as a software developer. after that, they were just a small part of the whole set of experience that i was able to offer. the point here is, that Free Software contributions are not a requirement to every job, but they are a tool to get your foot into the door to start your new career as a software developer. specifically for students, and those who change their careers and have nothing else to show for themselves yet. greetings, martin. -- eKita - the online platform for your entire academic life -- chief engineer eKita.co pike programmer pike.lysator.liu.se caudium.net societyserver.org secretary beijinglug.org mentor fossasia.org foresight developer foresightlinux.org realss.com unix sysadmin Martin Bähr working in china http://societyserver.org/mbaehr/ _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.software-carpentry.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_lists.software-carpentry.org
