Ask HN: Would you hire a coder just by looking at GitHub contributions?

Re:Ask HN: Would you hire a coder just by looking at GitHub ... by mbesto on Monday October 07, 2013 @07:03AM (#6507440)

I'm going to support what could perhaps be a unpopular opinion - there is a lot more to a good programmer than simply writing good code.

I'd take communication skills over someone's ability to optimize a while-loop any day.

As a slightly tangential argument for hiring in general, I would like to offer that no matter what position you are hiring for, only looking at one facet of someone's abilities is very poor judgement.

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Re:Ask HN: Would you hire a coder just by looking at GitHub ... by dingaling on Monday October 07, 2013 @09:22AM (#6508019)

Another useful angle is to investigate their personal domain; who is hosting DNS, are they using DNSSEC, do they run their own code on platforms they have built-out? Where are their MX pointing?

Gives a good understanding of how much or little they understand implementation & deployment.

And, of course, check that they can sign their e-mails with their own PGP key :)

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