That Linus as always is Linus :-) On Aug 27, 2013 11:35 PM, "William Kibira" <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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. >> > > > _______________________________________________ > 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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