[LRUG] Perm vs contract

[Sasha Gerrand]

On 27 June 2014 11:06, Paul Robinson <paul at iconoplex.co.uk> wrote:

> > To a non-developer senior manager Github is utterly useless and means
>> nothing
>>
>> Yup, but to a lead developer, tech director or CTO it should be a fairly
>> rich source of information about the quality of somebody's work.
>>
>
>
> In my experience, there is no objective measurement that is useful in
> determining how "good" a developer is. It's all subjective.
>
> Even reading the code, you still can't establish if a developer really
> knows what they're doing, if they're doing it well or if they need coaching
> or support.
>
> You need a conversation to figure that stuff out. You need to spend time
> talking to them, listening to them and figuring out the thought processes
> behind their actions. That is best done face to face, ideally with a pen
> and something to draw on and a bottomless supply of coffee or beer.
>

Well put. On the same topic, a related blog post that's worth reading if
you haven't done so already:
https://blog.jcoglan.com/2013/11/15/why-github-is-not-your-cv/
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