| Wow - there is a lot of hating going down here, and it took me a while to work it out. The majority seems to be "But my employer won't let me Open Source my work". Well, yes. We are entering a world where companies will have to compete to hire harder than ever before. Coding is a job that can be done anywhere in the world - so if they want to hire the "best" the companies need to be the most attractive. OR ... They need to guarantee low risk. If you work in a company that does not expect to release some work product as open source, then it is not a company that is going to compete on that world stage. If so then look at its approach to keeping employees safe and risk free - no layoffs, a nice profitable niche to exploit, no exploitation, no crazy deadlines, nice low turnover of staff. If the company you work for is not competing for talent, nor is it giving you low risk in return for your work, then I strongly suggest you update your CV, on github or not. PS JoshTriplett comments are the sanest - in short "I have a github account for bugs I fix on major projects. I put that in my normal CV along with why what I did was important" Now that is how to use a github account. I have some catching up to do. |