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stavros on Aug 10, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: My secret Hobby: Applying for jobs

Ugh, why does everyone miss the point? If they can't show me any code, I'll talk to them and see if they know what they're talking about. I've found that you can tell whether or not someone is technically competent from a five-minute chat.

jarek on Aug 10, 2011 [–]

Thanks for that clarification - as someone whose code is doubly unshareable, like healsdata I'm a bit sensitive to claims of screening by github.

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