This thread really did get huge! Worth a read if you’re hiring or looking to be hired in machine learning. Or even just in software generally. My personal view as somebody who has gone through countless resumes- they’re a waste of time. Look at code instead.https://twitter.com/suzatweet/status/1079271270632513536 …
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Replying to @citnaj
What about people working full time who don't have time/don't want to develop and post code publicly on github?
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Replying to @GLegoy
Yeah you bring up something quite important. I do think expectations in software work culture are absurd and amount to trying to “have your cake and eat it too” when it comes to how we spend our time. My best solution to easing this in asking for code in hiring is to allow
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(cont) a number of options- GitHub code if available, or just have them do code at the interview on a toy problem that’s still informative. I used to advocate code homework (more can be done) but that too is asking way too much I think now. Ideally, if it were just me, I’d
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(cont) have them come in for a day or two and pay them to code something non-trivial. That’s if I were actually I the position to make such a decision (I’m not ).
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Replying to @citnaj
This makes a lot of sense, thank you. I also believe business acumen and proven track record of value generation is as equally important (if not more). After all code is merely a tool.
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Defintley! I emphasize that with new hires- that code is just the tool to solve real world problems.
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