The Unemployable Programmer

Re:The Unemployable Programmer by magicbuzz on Monday August 03, 2015 @08:24AM (#9995215)

The whole 'do an open source' project is a crock. I single-handedly wrote a large Javascript module for a well-known editor. It's used by hundreds of people around the world but all the folks employing 'front-end' programmers seem to bin my CV as my current fulltime job is 100% Python.

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Re:The Unemployable Programmer by bayesianhorse on Monday August 03, 2015 @09:13AM (#9995482)

Though I can't understand why someone wants desperately to switch from Python to Javascript, I do believe open source projects or at least side projects are very useful.

They show what you can do, and that you are able to solve problems. Maybe the editor plugin is not doing that. A cool demo is worth more than a thousand lines of well written code.

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Re:The Unemployable Programmer by alistproducer2 on Monday August 03, 2015 @03:02PM (#9998920)

Similar boat. I wrote an Angular JS clone (TemplarJS) but they seem more concerned about whether I can verticle center a div. As if a guy who can write a compiler from scratch in JS is going to have trouble building UIs. I don't get it, but I already have a good job so F it.

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Re:The Unemployable Programmer by tokenrove on Monday August 03, 2015 @08:54AM (#9995364)

Single-handedly might be part of the problem; part of what employers looking for open source work want to see is collaboration.

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Re:The Unemployable Programmer by Zimdale on Monday August 03, 2015 @10:18AM (#9995959)

I feel like this could be companies looking more for a designer role rather than a front end programmer role. They are often mixed because most people don't know what to label developers.

I work for a company now that frequently interviews front end/js devs and frankly if we find ANY github/public code it puts you in the lead above the next guy. What you normally write doesn't matter a whole lot because most concepts transfer to any language.

Most of our applicants give us no previous code they have actually written. I fail to see how it can ever be argued that something < nothing.

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Re:The Unemployable Programmer by keyboardwarrior on Monday August 03, 2015 @08:40AM (#9995286)

What seperates this javascript module from other javascript modules? besides convenience what kind of value adds it to a business?

javascript is typically something you shouldnt focus on as open source experience imo. so many people doing it and doing it badly for feelsy points.

you think the person who wrote nginx wouldnt get hired? something mission critical that alot of businesses use.

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