Reinier/Ben. Having a git account is good even if you are not committing to any projects but it gives a sense of what you are interested in, looking at and following.
However in addition I would look at Stack overflown profile (are you good & confident enough to help others by answer questions), blog (can you write at all, what are you writing about) and LinkedIn (can you even put up a CV). The mix between all the networks builds a proper picture of what you are able too do, know and are interested in. Stephen Stephen S. Musoke Skype: ssmusoke Twitter: @ssmusoke +256 776 553 260/+256 756 553 260 http://ssmusoke.wordpress.com <http://ssmusoke.wordpress.com/> From: "Peter C. Ndikuwera" <[email protected]> Reply-To: Uganda Linux User Group <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, August 28, 2013 9:52 AM To: Uganda Linux User Group <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [LUG] "not having a github account is like putting your resume in comic sans" > Like Benjamin, I have a private git server since most of my programming work > is commercial. > > The open source stuff I contribute to (though I'm not as active as I used to > be) is mainly SUSE and KDE stuff, and both of those have their own git > servers. So basically, I wouldn't get a job from my (dormant) github profile. > > Oh well. Poor me. > > P. > > -- > Evolution (n): A hypothetical process whereby infinitely improbable events > occur with alarming frequency, order arises from chaos, and no one is given > credit. > > > On 28 August 2013 08:24, Reinier Battenberg > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Let's quote what he says about github & git >> >> >> >> What do you think of github? >> >> It started as a place for mothballing unmaintained and unnecessary projects, >> and that is still most of what is hosted there. But it¹s turned into a kind >> of World of Warcraft universe for programmers, where they are ranked by their >> commits and which projects they have trunk privileges on. I read about a >> recruiting company built around the idea that github reputation means >> something, so I guess if you aren¹t committing to github you won¹t be getting >> a job at the coolest startups. The good old days of writing FizzBuzz and >> moving Mt. Fuji during your interview are over. >> >> It sounds like you¹ve soured a little on Git. >> >> The first Git For Dummies and Git Visual Quickstart books are going to be out >> in a couple of months, and that is the beginning of the end as far as I¹m >> concerned. Those books mean the end of git expertise and github reputation as >> reliable indicators of geek status. Once a technology is adopted by the >> masses the extreme geeks find something more esoteric. Look at what happened >> to Ruby on Rails. The people stumbling their way through Rails to-do list >> tutorials have never even heard of DHH. >> >> >> >> So, apparently, you are ranked by commits, and which projects you have trunk >> privelidges on. >> >> Would that rank mean anything? And if so, what would it mean? >> >> >> >> (@benjamin, yes, for programmers & sysops that publish their shell scripts >> :-) >> >> >> >> >> >> On Wednesday 28 August 2013 01:33:48 William Kibira wrote: >> >> In my opinion here is your answer from Linux Torvalds himself. >> >> >> >> http://typicalprogrammer.com/?p=143 <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] >> <mailto:[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] >> <mailto:[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 <http://www.mountbatten.net> >>> > tel: +256 758 801749 <tel:%2B256%20758%20801749> >>> > twitter: @batje >>> > _______________________________________________ >>> > The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug <http://linux.or.ug> >>> > >>> > Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: >>> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >>> > Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >>> <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> >>> > Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug >>> <http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug> >>> > To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug >>> <http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug> >>> > >>> > The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: >>> http://www.infocom.co.ug/ <http://www.infocom.co.ug/> >>> > >>> > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including >>> attachments if any). 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The mailing list host is not responsible for them in any >> way. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> rgds, >> >> >> >> Reinier Battenberg >> >> Director >> >> Mountbatten Ltd. >> >> www.mountbatten.net <http://www.mountbatten.net> >> >> tel: +256 758 801749 <tel:%2B256%20758%20801749> >> >> 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). 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