On: Ask HN: Would you hire a coder just by looking at GitHub contributions?

[brey]

I still want to see the thought process behind problem solving, and associated communication, especially when in unfamiliar territory - code output alone doesn't show that.

But the existence of a github account is strongly correlated to a hire. It's depressing how many candidates haven't even heard of github...

[gaius → brey]

These days, now that word has gotten out, it's not unusual to see fake GitHubs, with an unmodified fork of another project in say. HR is not equipped to evaluate this, it needs an engineer to git clone and take a look.

[mordae → gaius]

Hmm, it's not that hard: https://github.com/plt/racket/commits?author=mordae

You can find "repositories contributed to" in people's profiles.

[gaius → mordae]

Your HR department knows to do this? I call shenanigans.

[marco-fiset → gaius]

An HR department should not be hiring software developpers.