Apologies for the derail Emma - I agree wholeheartedly with almost everything else that Will mentioned. It's great advice.
I'd also firmly second heading to LRUG, it's a super friendly place these days and there are nearly always 4-5 people scouting for developers at each meeting at the moment. On 21 January 2015 at 17:23, Matthew Valentine-House < [email protected]> wrote: > 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 > -- 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.
