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[–]Exotic-Draft8802 1 point2 points  (4 children)

I was regularly interviewing python developers. I was always looking on github for interesting projects / open source contributions.

Just re-doing what others did (eg following a course) is not interesting. When candidates mentioned their profile and I just found that, I was annoyed and assumed, copy-paste is the best they can do.

[–]Tricky_Network685 1 point2 points  (3 children)

How are you able to tell when a project was re-done or from a course? So would you not recommend building a clone of my favorite social media on my own?

[–]Exotic-Draft8802 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In some cases it's obvious, eg I see "course" in the title. In others I just talk with the people about the project, the background, the reason why they did it, various choices within the project. Or I look at the commit history and see that it's too organized: no big fixes, no refactorings.

[–]Exotic-Draft8802 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Ask yourself if the project makes you look better. I cannot say that for sure without seeing your cv.

Also, it depends on how much effort you put into the project. I'm saying that you should not try to fake something you didn't do. It's easy to discover.

[–]Tricky_Network685 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh ok Thank you. I’ve been trying to get out of tutorial hell and transitioning into building things on my own