I used to not give any value to any of these assessments/challenges. Hackerrank, Leetcode, StackOverflow... I didn't even care to keep my github clean. I've been a developer for 5 years... why should I care what my status looks like?
One senior developer said something profound to me. He said it was evidence - a history of work. He said the biggest regret was not leaving a public digital trail of work behind, and wish that HE started a decade ago. He had to fight tooth and nail to get his company to get his role, and felt it would have been easier if his background was searchable online.
So while YES... in the moment, it seems kind of useless and unnecessary. But if it takes you 15 minutes, why not? It's another time-stamped piece of proof that you know your stuff. And while it won't directly lead to a job... in the aggregate, it's helping support your story that you're a good developer.
I once had a recruiter warn me in advance that a particular technical interview would be tough. When I got there the interviewer told me that we would just skip the technical interview because he'd seen some of my information online. That's a one-off. It hasn't happened since, and he might have just been really tired. But anecdotally it shows that there is value in the footprint. It makes some interviewers realize that they don't need to ask you lots of trivia questions.
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I used to not give any value to any of these assessments/challenges. Hackerrank, Leetcode, StackOverflow... I didn't even care to keep my github clean. I've been a developer for 5 years... why should I care what my status looks like?
One senior developer said something profound to me. He said it was evidence - a history of work. He said the biggest regret was not leaving a public digital trail of work behind, and wish that HE started a decade ago. He had to fight tooth and nail to get his company to get his role, and felt it would have been easier if his background was searchable online.
So while YES... in the moment, it seems kind of useless and unnecessary. But if it takes you 15 minutes, why not? It's another time-stamped piece of proof that you know your stuff. And while it won't directly lead to a job... in the aggregate, it's helping support your story that you're a good developer.
Your boss is a very wise person, especially to admit to something like that. Great inspirational post!
I once had a recruiter warn me in advance that a particular technical interview would be tough. When I got there the interviewer told me that we would just skip the technical interview because he'd seen some of my information online. That's a one-off. It hasn't happened since, and he might have just been really tired. But anecdotally it shows that there is value in the footprint. It makes some interviewers realize that they don't need to ask you lots of trivia questions.