Why GitHub is not your CV [2013]

https://blog.jcoglan.com/2013/11/15/why-github-is-not-your-cv/

by crabasa • 11 years ago

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blog.jcoglan.com

crabasa2• 11 years ago

OP here: I ran a poll on Twitter [1] that attracted 827 votes asking the question of what site best represents a developer's skills and experience. Github was by far the #1 choice.

[1] https://twitter.com/crtr0/status/681327621548818433

bobthepanda• 11 years ago

Anyone else getting a 404 error?

hamitron• 11 years ago

404

ShonM• 11 years ago

Interestingly, I got a 404 before a reload showed the page just fine.

steveklabnik• 11 years ago

IIRC, the author blocks HN referrers.

crabasa2• 11 years ago

Wow. I've never heard of that before. Any idea why? Would love to hear that story.

cetacea• 11 years ago

And trying to click on "About" in the sidebar returns a 403 for me. What a tease!

el_duderino• 11 years ago

2 year old article but use the cached URL:

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:yFBroqO...

greenyoda• 11 years ago

And there's a lot of discussion from when the article was submitted to HN two years ago:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6738952

johnbellone• 11 years ago

Not sure why this is on the front page if its 404.

Why GitHub is not your CV [2013]

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