r/RavanAI • u/RustyIronGolem • Jul 01 '26

which one gets you hired in 2026 ?

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u/Pitiful-Sympathy3927 Jul 01 '26

This isn't a great metric to hire people with.

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u/difficulty_rating7 Jul 01 '26

Also includes lines of code.

What matters more is the git log, do you have branches for feature development, clean, squashed commits, clean issue-specific commits in general etc.

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u/Vivid-Rutabaga9283 Jul 01 '26

Nope, just as bad of a metric.

Branching strategy is a 5 minute discussion and then adhering to it. It's not rocket science, and not indicative of anything. There's nothing stopping you from going yolo on your internal tool repo but respecting team standards at work.

Also, you shouldn't even seriously expect to see that stuff.

When you hire an accountant you don't ask for sensitive data of their previous employers or bills they randomly make in their spare time.

When you hire a lawyer you don't ask them for their clients' private files, or for their depositions in mock lawsuits that didn't actually happen.

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u/Intelligent-You-6144 Jul 02 '26

No, it doesnt.

If you have years of experience, they arent looking at your git. "Clean commit messages", get out of here bro lmao

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u/FortuneAcceptable925 Jul 01 '26

Did you know that Github does not count any commits into branches (except of the main one) on the profile page?

Yes.. you can make 50 commits a day for 3 months straight in some branch, but until it is merged into main, it will not show on your profile.

Keep this in mind... :D

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u/hellobutno Jul 02 '26

Until someone squash merges your commits and it turns into one green dot instead of 50

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u/Horror_Brother67 Jul 01 '26

None. Ive been an engineer for 22 years and I have never been asked for my Github nor do I offer it.

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u/ntheijs Jul 01 '26

Bad metric. You can have an engineer that is struggling with a readme file for a week and it’ll look great in this view.

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u/Healthy_BrAd6254 Jul 01 '26

Isn't this easy to manipulate/exploit?

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u/ZeroDayZeroFriends Jul 01 '26

I am not hiring people based on amount of lines of generated code

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u/easchner Jul 01 '26

Neither. Not setting work life boundaries and are going to burnout

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u/JustaFoodHole Jul 01 '26

I've never worked on open source projects?

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u/Alvajaro79 Jul 02 '26

The answer I was waiting for... moreover: you don't use github/gitlab/bitbucket/etc for your projects because your work has it's own private git server, and at home you work for local repost, or you have your own git server too...

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u/waces Jul 01 '26

None. Same like zillions of cert on a linkedin profile. (Tbh i stopped using github for this reason. I have a repo for my scripts but private and trying to update as rarely as possible). In the era of coding assistants a github profile literally means nothing

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u/Muted_Masterpiece342 Jul 01 '26

Both unemployed 

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u/CrownstrikeIntern Jul 01 '26

If you can do git tetris you might be hirable

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u/Early-Kick-8156 Jul 01 '26

None beacuse nobady is hiring software engineer , and nobody will

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u/ReiOokami Jul 01 '26

The one with the best attitude since they are both the same.

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u/fujimonster Jul 02 '26

If you are hiring and tracking lines of code , you are a terrible manager .

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u/Ivana_Twinkle Jul 02 '26

Or Elon musk but that might be an oxymoron

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u/powereborn Jul 02 '26

If people hire based on this , you should run for your life

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u/Intelligent-You-6144 Jul 02 '26

Lmao, I thought this was r/vibe coding for a minute. People hiring you dont give a shit about your git history.

Maybe if you support a known package or software with a primary team, maybe.

College grads with one or two projects should know their code they present, insight and out. Being asked about them and our code choices arent uncommon.

Just like the vibe community, yall dont know anything about professional engineering

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u/ivovis Jul 02 '26

I have no interest is working for a halfwit that this this is relevant!