While much of this article hits upon the right points, I’d like to add a few things.
- GitHub also allows you to display your activity on private projects (as long as their development also happens on GitHub, of course).
- It’s not a great indicator, but it’s an indicator of what kind of programming people do for fun (or alternatively, that their employment/life circumstances don’t allow them to be active on GitHub).
I don’t think not having anything on there is a bad thing, but I’d like to talk to the candidate about why. Sometimes you’ll learn that people have the most fun non-programming hobbies or the most responsibly-filled lives.
- GitHub also allows you to display your activity on private projects (as long as their development also happens on GitHub, of course). - It’s not a great indicator, but it’s an indicator of what kind of programming people do for fun (or alternatively, that their employment/life circumstances don’t allow them to be active on GitHub).
I don’t think not having anything on there is a bad thing, but I’d like to talk to the candidate about why. Sometimes you’ll learn that people have the most fun non-programming hobbies or the most responsibly-filled lives.