[LRUG] Code samples: To do or not to do

[Chris Parsons]

On 7 Apr 2009, at 16:19, Matthew Rudy Jacobs wrote:

> I find this the most frustrating thing about applying for jobs;
>
> "How do I express how good I am, and the extra value I can bring in
> terms of mentoring and higher level design, in an interview?"


An interview is a difficult place in which to express this, unless an  
employer happens to ask good searching questions.

A provable internet track record (in, say, open source, or interesting  
list posts, etc) cannot be ignored. I also read LinkedIn profiles  
carefully, take note of genuine recommendations, and read a *long* way  
through twitter timelines.

I'm not so interested in whether people leave after short periods,  
it's why they left that's interesting, and what they have to say about  
it, and how they come across when they say it.

Chris