Re:Ask HN: How does a hobby programmer get hired?
by yieldcrv on Monday January 02, 2023 @01:07PM
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The counterpoints to all of this:
No brownie points help as you still have to pass the technical interview, 99% of the time. Places with technical interviews have recruiters. Recruiters are not technical and will not actually be gauging you on any of this, they just need to be able to find you. They look for githubs and linkedin profiles.
This person is someone avoiding coding challenges and has just as arbitrary metrics as a replacement.
No brownie points help as you still have to pass the technical interview, 99% of the time. Places with technical interviews have recruiters. Recruiters are not technical and will not actually be gauging you on any of this, they just need to be able to find you. They look for githubs and linkedin profiles.
This person is someone avoiding coding challenges and has just as arbitrary metrics as a replacement.