

For a new job is it standard now to ask 4 blog, github, stackoverflow, linkedin  - beyondjaded

I understand the reason behind this as it shows very transparently your skill but is it expected all this is done in your free time just for the love of it? If these don't fit into your current job logging into stackoverflow every night or updating some killer github modules definitely, combined with reading the latest texts takes a lot of time away from family and loved ones and turns a 40 hour week into a 60 hour week.&#60;p&#62;Has anyone got any thoughts on this, it's a bit of a sensitive subject and while I love software there are other parts of life I enjoy just as much and look forward to in my freetime.&#60;p&#62;Am I just managing my time badly or is it that competitive now?
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thejteam
Perhaps its an internet company thing? Maybe a California/SV thing? I don't
know of anybody asking for this.(Located East Coast and rural). The company I
work for is on linkedin and has gotten resumes from it before, although none
good enough for an interview. They have never asked any candidates for any
outside information like that. Describe the design and code for a project is a
standard interview question, but even then only for people just out of
college.

The type of work we do though doesn't require cutting edge coding skills,
though. I guess we look for people who can really think through things and
come up with a good design. I think evaluating this is easier in interview
discussions than looking at code, especially if the evaluator has never
thought about the problem before.

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petervandijck
It's not 20 hours a week, it's 20 hours once, only when looking for a job.

If you can't be bothered to put some brief, good code on github to review, why
would I be bothered to interview you?

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beyondjaded
well I've seen some local jobs asking for people who can contributed to the
core of Jquery or Prototype for example and their github accounts to go with
that. If this fits in with your previous job description like you say it
doesn't take long to tidy things up but being a really valid part of any open
source community whether takes a lot of time and is definitely comparable to
another part time job on top of a normal job

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jister
only shortsighted fools will require you to have all those although some may
ask but it's definitely not required

