This is something I’ve gone back & forth over as I’ve contributed to some projects online but have been hesitant to mention it when applying for jobs. Typical reasons such as wanting to keep work/personal life separate.
This is something I’ve gone back & forth over as I’ve contributed to some projects online but have been hesitant to mention it when applying for jobs. Typical reasons such as wanting to keep work/personal life separate.
I hear you, and that’s great if it’s something the applicant wants to share. But none of the development work they’ve done at previous companies is work that they’ll be able to share. We take their word on that work. Not taking their word in the same way on other projects seems like a bit of a double standard to me.
I wouldn’t call it a double standard:
Work done at other companies is usually property of those companies. If the applicant tells me they’ve done work in the public domain, I’d like to see it, unless there’s a reason they can’t (mostly licensing, or if it’s for a project my company may not want to be associated with).