[aljungberg]

I’ve been told by many many candidates that all work they ever did was under an NDA and so they have no Github profile and not even any code samples. Somehow they never did a single shareable thing in their lives - not at school, not a hobby project, not at work.

Potential employers use all the signals available to make decisions and this is an important one. Many of the other applicants will have solid material. It may not at all be your fault, and yet also be a serious disadvantage.

[subhro]

Ever worked for Federal Govt?

[blaser-waffle]

Feddy Gov has their own eval process, and things like active clearances are useful even for non-gub'mnt work.

But yeah, you can't say or release nothin. But that's true with the Fortune 500 places I've worked, too.