No additional thoughts, here is a related piece on the matter. Long but interesting as a window into a world that certain programmers inevitably find themselves a part of:
http://www.vanityfair.com/business/2013/09/michael-lewis-goldman-sachs-programmer P. On Aug 28, 2013, at 12:38, Reinier Battenberg <[email protected]> wrote: > > Interesting your commercial programming is on a private git server. (well, we > have one too). > > We are really trying to move as much of our code off of that server though, > into the open. So, all the modules & libraries we use are maintained > whereever they have a public repo (and we collaborate there on fixes and > enhancements), and only the final configuration of how they all blend > together (if working for a private party that cares) is private. > > If it were only for the reduction in stress maintaining a big git server, its > totally worth it. > > > > > On Wednesday 28 August 2013 10:52:48 Peter C. Ndikuwera wrote: > 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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The mailing list host is not responsible for them in any > way. > > > > -- > 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.
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