side projects

2 statements across 1 episodes · 0 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement May 17, 2017 by Ammon Bartram · across every show →

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May 17, 2017
Assertion Contradicted
Bartram: 80% of software engineers lack side projects to show
“The reason it's the right decision is that most engineers don't have side projects. Most engineers have been, have, you know, been working at a company, and it's all proprietary code, and there's very little they can show. That's, you know, eight out of 10 eng…”
Ammon Bartram May 17, 2017 ▶ 24:23 Hiring Engineers with Ammon Bartram · Y Combinator
May 17, 2017 neutral
Insight
Bartram: Companies only look at side projects during initial resume screening
“So companies, Don't actually pay very much attention to side projects. Except for at the screening stage. So resume screen, you know, candidate applies to company, the company decides if they're going to interview the person at all. And there's some adverse se…”
Ammon Bartram May 17, 2017 ▶ 23:30 Hiring Engineers with Ammon Bartram · Y Combinator
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