On Thu, Dec 22, 2005 at 09:34:48PM -0700, Steve wrote: > You mean like this? > http://www.mydreamrpg.com/ >
Respectfully, no. In spite of your explanation further down in the thread, this may be an excellent example of setting up infrastructure for programmers, but it it not what I would look for in sample code. What I look for as a hiring manager is some sample code: a short, understandable program or stand-alone snippet. I want to see your design in the program, I want to see how you name variables, and how you comment your code. I want to be able to understand your code by looking at it. Contributions to OSS projects are welcome on a resume, and I look for them as a hiring manager. But, because other people also contribute to OSS projects, it can be difficult to identify the characteristics I'm looking for in such a contribution. Contributions to OSS projects tell me that you can write code that other people are wiling to accept into their projects. It may (depending on the project) tell me if you can follow someone else's coding style and naming conventions. These are useful things to know, but they don't tell me what a sample of code you wrote will tell me. If you have a professional web page, it doesn't hurt to put samples on it. Emacs users should look at htmlize.el to colorize sample code. Every once in a while I get a "thank you!" for some of the programs I have on my web page. -- Charles Curley /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign Looking for fine software \ / Respect for open standards and/or writing? X No HTML/RTF in email http://www.charlescurley.com / \ No M$ Word docs in email Key fingerprint = CE5C 6645 A45A 64E4 94C0 809C FFF6 4C48 4ECD DFDB
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