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http://www.coderbits.com/ best blend of all. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Stephen S. Musoke Sent: 28 August 2013 11:45 To: Uganda Linux User Group Subject: Re: [LUG] "not having a github account is like putting your resume in comic sans" 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] <mailto:[email protected]> > Reply-To: Uganda Linux User Group <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Date: Wednesday, August 28, 2013 9:52 AM To: Uganda Linux User Group <[email protected] <mailto:[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] <mailto:[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 its 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 arent committing to github you wont 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 youve 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 Im 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 < <mailto:[email protected]> [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 < <mailto:[email protected]> [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. > <http://www.mountbatten.net> www.mountbatten.net > tel: <tel:%2B256%20758%20801749> +256 758 801749 > 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: <mailto:[email protected]> [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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