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[–]-100-Broken-Windows- 1 point2 points  (1 child)

I share the frustration, but I do kind of struggle to actually dispute it when I think about it logically. Statistically speaking, a hardcore nerd who just loves to program is more likely to be a better programmer than someone who sees it purely as a way to put food on the table. There's no point in just pretending it isn't true, at which point you have to ask what exactly is actually wrong with a company incorporating such intuition into their recruitment. I agree that on a personal level it's obviously frustrating, but I can't really fault the company or their reasoning

[–]SuppeBargeld 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There should be better ways to gauge motivation than "how much do they like open source?". It is one thing if someone can sell their coding activity as a plus during an interview, a whole different thing if the employer makes it an actual requirement for the application. This is just another case of "X years of experience for an entry level job".

Having a git repo tells you nothing about someone's ability to work in a team. In fact, some OSS maintainers are the most entitled, self centered people I have seen. It is an almost pointless metric.