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> whether or not they spend their free time coding outside of work

I would argue that candidates should absolutely be judged on whether they have significant portfolio work available to view publicly. Of course, this is dependent on the hiring managers' being competent.

Candidates shouldn't necessarily be judged on not having any public portfolio work though. I'm an advocate for take-home challenges. I think these give the best representation of actual work.

[_lacroix]

What do you mean? They should be judged on whether or not they have something that they should not necessarily be judged for NOT having? That doesn't make any sense. But yes I'm in favor of take home challenges as well. I know a lot of people hate them but it's the best way to get an idea of how someone will work under normal constraints (i.e. not during a timed hackerrank exercise).