Re:Organizing complexity is the most important skill in soft...
by crdoconnor on Tuesday June 23, 2015 @04:24AM
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>Don't you think that the over-worked CRUD programmer at an obscure insurance company wanting to get out because they are in a difficult situation (may be financially, may be race/background etc), would find it hard to have time for a public showing of their coding prowess?
Like I said: the amount of time you realistically need to get something out there is about a couple of weekends.
don't you think that there's a higher proportion of white, twenty-something people who would have public projects (because they tend to have the most spare time)?
Don't you think that the over-worked CRUD programmer at an obscure insurance company wanting to get out because they are in a difficult situation (may be financially, may be race/background etc), would find it hard to have time for a public showing of their coding prowess?
No one is saying don't use public projects, but i would only consider them after other aspects, and certainly wouldn't cull people because of it.