On Mon, Dec 18, 2017 at 11:33 AM, Marko Rauhamaa <ma...@pacujo.net> wrote: > However, one great way to stand out is a portfolio of GitHub projects. > Several people have gotten an offer largely based on those (after they > aced the technical interviews). For example, we just hired someone who > had written a game in sed. That doesn't make him an "interesting > person," nor do we look for game or sed developers. But that silly > exercise deeply resonated with our team. We expect to have great synergy > with him.
I have been excluded from even getting an interview because I did not have a portfolio of GitHub projects. I think that is a bad filter. I work 60-70 hours a week for pay, and I have a family and personal interests. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
