I've dealt with you before Louis so forgive me if I don't trust your experience.
On 21 January 2015 at 17:17, Louis Goff-Beardsley <[email protected]> wrote: > From my experience around 90% of clients will proritise candidates with > good Github profiles, 20% of which will not bother to pursue candidates if > they don't have something on there that captivates them unless I push them > to.. > > I make the arguments that there are plenty of good developers that don't > have substantial contributions on their profiles because they haven't > worked in places that have facilitated it or in their spare time they've > worked on code they'd rather no publicly display (often their own > products/start up ideas), some listen, some don't. > > To candidates I tell them that from a purely pragmatic point of view they > should work on their Github profiles if they can because prospective > employers will check it out at some point and it will probably influence > them in some capacity. > > Best, Louis. > > *Louis Goff-Beardsley* > *Ultra-specialised Independent Ruby Recruitment* > https://www.linkedin.com/in/louisbeardsley > *"I just can't stop thinking about Ruby on Rails"* > *Mobile:* 07449 324 851 *BBS:* 0118 327 1821 > *Skype/Googletalk*: [email protected] > @LouisRoR <https://twitter.com/LouisRoR> > irc.freenode.org - LouisRoR - #Ruby #LRUG #NWRUG #Pokemonchat > > On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 4:54 PM, Matthew Valentine-House < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> and as a programmer the repos are your best CV >> >> >> No. >> >> https://blog.jcoglan.com/2013/11/15/why-github-is-not-your-cv/ >> >> -- >> Matthew Valentine-House >> http://eightbitraptor.com >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "NWRUG" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nwrug-members. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NWRUG" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nwrug-members. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Matthew Valentine-House http://eightbitraptor.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NWRUG" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nwrug-members. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
