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Re:Ask HN: Results of hiring senior engineers from StackOver... by ggregoire on Wednesday May 30, 2018 @10:46AM (#17188057)
From my experience, it feels like people just don't care at all about it.

My resume has a section "Achievements" with "StackOverflow: top 2%, 300 answers" with a link to my profile.

IMO a good StackOverflow profile shows:

1) A skillset

2) A proficiency to solve real life problems (quickly) just by reading (incomplete/wrong) problems description

3) Good communication skills

4) A self-motivated and passionate person

Well, nobody never said/asked anything about mine. As if every one of their candidates had 10k points on StackOverflow.

I still had to pass really stupid/basic tests for jobs I'm obviously competent for.

Worth noting I also have 7 years of xp, including xp as tech lead. And a master in CS.

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