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rayiner on Nov 21, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: Use Project-based Interviews Instead of “GitHub”

I think it's stupid to reject people who don't have an active Github account. Lots of very talented programmers work on proprietary code, especially outside the narrow niche of advertising-driven products where companies tend to produce closed-source software.

jeresig on Nov 21, 2013 | [–]

Agreed. (I hope that wasn't in response to the blog post, which was in strong agreement with you.)

rayiner on Nov 21, 2013 | | [–]

No, just a comment based on Chris Andersen's tweet.

jorde on Nov 21, 2013 | [–]

Or working on their small startups which might not have time to open source components. It's easier when you have more scale, time and freedom.

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