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0 pointsseba_dos17y ago0 comments

My GitHub/GitLab profiles are full of hacky, ugly games written at game jams in 48 hours, often just by me or me plus some artist, with just one end-goal: to be able to present it at the end of the event. A README file is the last thing needed there :P

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solarkraft7y ago

I 100% disagree. Even just saying that it was hacked together gives some context for

1) Why the code looks so unconventional

2) What you do in your spare time.

akerl_7y ago

Context for whom? My target audience for my personal projects is myself. Any company that assumes their recruiting org is the target audience for my personal projects is setting themselves up for disappointment.

yjftsjthsd-h7y ago

Sure, but we're in a discussion of what recruiters look for. If you only code something for yourself, that's fine, but if you want it to be taken well when job-hunting, you should make it at least minimally presentable (i.e., a recruiter can tell what they're even looking at).

TheRealPomax7y ago

in which case you wouldn't have put your github profile on your resume, so there is no issue. That's not what this question was about, thought.

chillacy7y ago

Tell us in the readme if you make it public. You gotta think, who is reading this? That goes beyond documentation to code itself and any communication you do.

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seba_dos1OP7y ago

Of course, I can talk about that. Pointing it out in the README file during the game jam would be the worst use of time available there, though, and even now I have better use of my time than adding it to all of my past ~50 projects like that.

This profile is my personal space where I can put any junk I want to. When you're a recruiter randomly looking at that profile, you won't know the context. If you want to know the context, ask about it. It's not my responsibility to provide it in my personal space.

(plus, what I do in my spare time is the last thing the recruiter should be interested in, unless I mention it to them myself)

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