[LRUG] Important to be a graduate? (was Re: Code samples: To do or not to do)

[Alvaro Perez]

>Finally, my connections in the HR industry tell me that making
>employment decisions based on information not gained at interview
>(google, github, facebook, whatever...) may technically be illegal.
The law always goes behind technology changes (and people)...

>I really don't think the advice
>isn't really applicable to the majority of real ruby jobs in the UK
>nor are the expectations realistic for the majority of applicants.

I agree with this and from what I know/heard it's applicable to
other European countries outside UK.



2009/4/7 Murray Steele <murray.steele at gmail.com>

> On 07/04/2009, Matthew Rudy Jacobs <matthewrudyjacobs at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 2009/4/7 Chris Parsons <chris at edendevelopment.co.uk>:
> >
> >>> In addition, does the same apply to companies? Does a job in a really
> >>> good
> >>> company in the past help when it comes to applying in another company?
> >>
> >> Yes, definitely.
> >
> > But how do you get a job in a top ruby shop,
> > when they have impossibly high requirements
> > (impossible if you find yourself doing anything other than coding in your
> > life)
> >
> > http://www.rubyinside.com/how-to-get-a-job-at-a-top-ruby-shop-1618.html
> >
>
> Being flippant I'd say that article is a guide on how to get a job at
> a self important American Ruby shop.  I really don't think the advice
> isn't really applicable to the majority of real ruby jobs in the UK
> nor are the expectations realistic for the majority of applicants.
>
> When I'm recruiting I fully expect the candidate to have a life
> outside of coding and that means it's ok not to have any publically
> available code.  Sure, a github account and activity on open source
> projects tell me something about your ability, but I'd rather make my
> mind up based on conversations in the interview and discussions about
> your approach to a technical test/problem that I've set you. Setting
> everyone the same test also makes it easier to compare candidates.
>
> Finally, my connections in the HR industry tell me that making
> employment decisions based on information not gained at interview
> (google, github, facebook, whatever...) may technically be illegal.
>
> Muz
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