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The Internet is a part of our everyday lives. To have active and positive digital lifestyles, we all must play a role in helping to create a better Internet. So Microsoft wants to know: what is the one thing you will do to stay safer online? 1: I told you all about this site. I'm done.
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Microsoft programming language climbs into the top 10 of monthly Tiobe language popularity index Is it April 1 already?
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Right, and those language surveys are so reliable. 
Kill me now.
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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I recently moved from mostly C# to mostly VB.NET but I don't think I am (statistically) significant.
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There can be no other explanation. You bear the blame 
TTFN - Kent
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Yay - I look forward to a similar result in the "people cycling to work" and "people eating rice" surveys as I did both of those today too.
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It wouldn't be hard to convince me that one developer switching from C# to VB.NET is statistically significant!
I don't expect there are that many of those.
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I'll offset that. I went to just about all C# from VB.NET.
It doesn't matter to me. I make money writing code no matter what language is specified.
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That's the spirit!
TTFN - Kent
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Duncan Edwards Jones wrote: I recently moved from mostly C# to mostly VB.NET
Ugh. Why?
Marc
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money
To be honest I am pretty much polyglot - although I do have to look up the different syntax for generics and interfaces... but VB.Net has improved since I was last here.
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Well, I suppose this will get the anti-VB zealots going. 
Kevin
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Joining an open-source community isn't required to land a development job, but it could help Do stuff for free to do stuff for pay
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I don't know who these hiring managers are. But if I get a candidate that talks up open-source involvement my first reaction is... "so?"
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I can see that if it's used as a way to vet someone's work. See if you like the way they do things and you can also see if they know what they say they do.
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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See, even if it were to be used as a sort of 'portfolio' I wouldn't know if they were really the ones who did the work. (Decades of people lying in interviews have made me awfully cynical.)
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Right on, brother.
The guy I replaced here was some indiot who had someone else do his phone interview.
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Ever interview one over the phone who has a room full of helpers that he repeats the question to, who then go googling?
It's ridiculous.
The second time I just started asking OUTLANDISH crap to see what they'd say.
Pathetic.
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I haven't heard of that happening until now but will be on the lookout for it in the future.
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The repeat out loud of the question (for them to start researching) and the dramatic pause are easy to hear once you start listening for them.
"So what you're asking me is..." etc.
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You've a point.
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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I'd think it the potential cheatability would depend on what the record shown was.
Little/unknown project with the candidate as the primary/only submitter would raise a red flag.
Claiming to own an inactive account with a pseudonym and being unable to prove ownership of the code because 'I don't have that email address anymore' zillions of red flags.
On the other hand an account that's been active for an extended period of time on a project with 3rd party use and multiple devs (not a sham project/copy pasta fraud), with the account linked to the candidates email (not claiming to be someone else) seems like it'd be a reasonable indicator of what the person can do.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Kent Sharkey wrote: Joining an open-source community isn't required to land a development job, but it could help
Heck, I don't join OS projects. I create OS projects.
Oh, and should I mention 160 articles?
Marc
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Quick, hire that fellow!
TTFN - Kent
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Kent Sharkey wrote: Quick, hire that fellow!
I wish it were that easy. Sadly, contributing to Code Project, having a couple community oriented websites, etc., it's like talking to a wall with most recruiters, except you don't even hear the faint echo of your own voice. Black hole is more like it. It's really weird, like they can't think outside of the box of questions that they have.
Marc
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