Submitted 11 months ago by ALostInquirer@lemm.ee to nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
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.
That’s why I have multiple accounts on platforms. One for professional stuff and one for personal.
That’s typically how I approach things, but this is asked in the context of having done stuff under a personal account that could help advance you professionally, but you don’t want to share your personal handle as it’s, well, personal.
RotaryKeyboard@lemmy.ninja 11 months ago
Let’s say you are applying for an engineering position and you want to mention that you contribute to an open source project. Mention the software stack used, maybe the number of downloads, and your focus on the project. Explain it in general terms. If it gets asked about in the interview, just answer questions without providing the name of the project.
sbv@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
As an interviewer, a lot of the value I get out of the accomplishment is that I can look at the PR and see what the applicant is like. That would be diminished if they refused to link to the project.
RotaryKeyboard@lemmy.ninja 11 months ago
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.