In my opinion here is your answer from Linux Torvalds himself. http://typicalprogrammer.com/?p=143
This is really sad, and hey, i wonder what guys will think after reading this. On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 1:16 AM, Benjamin Tayehanpour < [email protected]> wrote: > It depends on what kind of job you are looking for. Obviously, a > GitHub account would be irrelevant if you aspire to be a professional > cook or a pilot, but disregarding those obvious exceptions, I could > very well imagine network administrators who have never read, written, > or otherwise shown any interest in code. But yeah, it's definitely a > negative character trait not to have shown interest in programming. > > Why specifically GitHub, though? While I do have an account, I don't > really use it that much. I favour git over cvs/svn/mercurial, but I've > my own server to push against. There's a certain social aspect with > GitHub, I suppose, but you could (and I do) get that via mailing lists > and forums. > > My guess is that "GitHub" was short and tweet-friendly, and that "Not > having shown any interest in programming whatsoever is like not > showing any typographical interest whatsoever when crafting your > résumé" was a bit too long to put in a tweet. > > On 27 August 2013 21:55, Reinier Battenberg > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Someone I have in extremely high esteem tweeted this. > > > > Of the developers on this list that do or do not have a github account: > do you > > agree with this? Are there other ways you can prove you are a serious > > developer? > > > > > > > > > > -- > > rgds, > > > > Reinier Battenberg > > Director > > Mountbatten Ltd. > > www.mountbatten.net > > tel: +256 758 801749 > > twitter: @batje > > _______________________________________________ > > The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug > > > > Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: > [email protected] > > Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug > > > > The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: > http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in > any way. > _______________________________________________ > The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug > > Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: > [email protected] > Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug > > The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: > http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in > any way. >
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