Anthony Accioly on Nostr: Agreed, for sure. I think almost everyone has far more private contributions under ...
Agreed, for sure. I think almost everyone has far more private contributions under random accounts in various company repositories than anything they can "show."
But even when you do have verifiable OSS contributions, companies mostly ignore it. The problem is that the job market is pushing for output rather than outcomes... A clear attempt to turn software development into a blue-collar job with minimum-wage, replaceable workers operating AI agents. Clueless MBA thinking at its best.
I'm mostly just a bit angry and rambling to myself right now.
(Warning: off-topic rant, neither "humble" nor funny, and definitely not for the "You shouldn’t say anything bad on Nostr… Bitcoin memes and steaks only" crowd. Stop reading now or proceed at your own peril.)
[RANT]
I recently had a terrible experience related to this exact issue during an interview. This was round three, after I had already passed a set of LeetCode-style exercises with flying colours in front of two engineers. Then, the hiring manager wanted me to do a surprise take-home exercise for free. It was supposed to take four hours but, in reality, would have taken me an entire week.
The conversation went something like this:
Me: Do you want to see some of my OSS work? Here’s a package with over 10 million downloads, used by at least two dozen Fortune 500 companies in your industry. Here’s a talk I gave about it. Here are some old PGP keys I used to contribute to Very- Well-Known-Project 1, 2, and 3. Here are some of the patches I’m most proud of. You can verify that I still have commit rights to Project 1 here.
And if that’s too much trouble, despite my dislike for GitHub, here’s Haven, a project with over 100 stars that I’m currently contributing to. It’s run by a few hundred people and represents about 1/10 of all Nostr relays. I’m happy to discuss its architecture and codebase, as well as any of my own contributions.
Also, have you looked at my Stack Exchange profile? Maybe Stack Overflow or Stack Overflow in Portuguese?
Recruiter: Yes, but... I spoke with the manager, and, you know, everyone has to do this toy exercise. Otherwise, we can’t be sure you’re capable of getting anything done. Plus, we’re looking for people with the right attitude. So… are you going to do the toy project or not?
And that was the end of the interview... 🤣
If that means I’m unemployable after almost two decades in the field, so be it. I’ll keep trying to do the right thing. If I can’t... Well, it was a good run! But I won’t join this race to the bottom.
[/RANT]
Ok, rant over. Now back to lighter themes.
But even when you do have verifiable OSS contributions, companies mostly ignore it. The problem is that the job market is pushing for output rather than outcomes... A clear attempt to turn software development into a blue-collar job with minimum-wage, replaceable workers operating AI agents. Clueless MBA thinking at its best.
I'm mostly just a bit angry and rambling to myself right now.
(Warning: off-topic rant, neither "humble" nor funny, and definitely not for the "You shouldn’t say anything bad on Nostr… Bitcoin memes and steaks only" crowd. Stop reading now or proceed at your own peril.)
[RANT]
I recently had a terrible experience related to this exact issue during an interview. This was round three, after I had already passed a set of LeetCode-style exercises with flying colours in front of two engineers. Then, the hiring manager wanted me to do a surprise take-home exercise for free. It was supposed to take four hours but, in reality, would have taken me an entire week.
The conversation went something like this:
Me: Do you want to see some of my OSS work? Here’s a package with over 10 million downloads, used by at least two dozen Fortune 500 companies in your industry. Here’s a talk I gave about it. Here are some old PGP keys I used to contribute to Very- Well-Known-Project 1, 2, and 3. Here are some of the patches I’m most proud of. You can verify that I still have commit rights to Project 1 here.
And if that’s too much trouble, despite my dislike for GitHub, here’s Haven, a project with over 100 stars that I’m currently contributing to. It’s run by a few hundred people and represents about 1/10 of all Nostr relays. I’m happy to discuss its architecture and codebase, as well as any of my own contributions.
Also, have you looked at my Stack Exchange profile? Maybe Stack Overflow or Stack Overflow in Portuguese?
Recruiter: Yes, but... I spoke with the manager, and, you know, everyone has to do this toy exercise. Otherwise, we can’t be sure you’re capable of getting anything done. Plus, we’re looking for people with the right attitude. So… are you going to do the toy project or not?
And that was the end of the interview... 🤣
If that means I’m unemployable after almost two decades in the field, so be it. I’ll keep trying to do the right thing. If I can’t... Well, it was a good run! But I won’t join this race to the bottom.
[/RANT]
Ok, rant over. Now back to lighter themes.