I agree with Stephen's assessment instead especially with having an account with plausible points on stackoverflow. Many programmers like myself have their own software revisioning methods (even though i've a github account), but the ability to share,ask and respond to others programmer's challenges is a big indicator of a professional developer for me.
On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 11:54 AM, James S. K. Makumbi <[email protected]>wrote: > Imho,**** > > ** ** > > 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 **** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > *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 it’s 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 aren’t committing to github > you won’t 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 you’ve 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 I’m 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**** > > ** ** > > 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). 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