I dread the day when my daughter will ask me what I do for a living

I never understood the hiring practices of most software/technology companies. Why does a guy that actively contributes to open source software in multiple languages have to take a technical interview?

Do people hiring at these companies not look at GitHub? Feels like it would be better to hire people based on their code and contributions on GitHub over how well they perform on a technical interview.

Someone submitting bug fixes to libraries is probably one of the best type of programmer you can hire.

I'm lucky I never had to do this shit to get a job lol.

My boss at my first job as software developer told me that his father asked him "tell me what's your job again". He was half manager half analyst back then.

"Dad, I told you, I work with computers"

"Yes, but... do you build them?"

"I don't"

"So, you sell them"

"No"

"So, you repair them"

"No"

"So, do you steal them?!"

Rule no. 1: Never leave a job before obtaining a new job.

Argh... tweet -> redirect service -> subscriber-only post. Almost as bad as paywalled. ;/