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I'm sure she's a programmer. But she's a programmer who drops her Stack Overflow score... let's just say that's a red flag in my book. (For all programmers).
For non programmers, it's like someone dropping their reddit karma score, or the number of their subscribers on Youtube as the first thing they say. Basically "my most important accomplishment is some rather unimportant digits".
(Views matter far more than subscribers on youtube, mostly because subscribers can easily be manipulated)
Stack overflow scores are not solar to reddit scores. Stack overflow scores are merit based. If I'm not a good programmer, I am not going to get a high stack overflow score. I can get a high reddit karma count just by reposting the same meme across a hundred different subs
Not to mention the fact this was literally brought up in response to a credential challenge. She's not going around introducing herself like this a propos of nothing like a blowhard. It's a put up or shut up rebuttal.
It also means she's a contributor.
Stack overflow scores are merit based
They're still voting based, and that's a problem. Are you a programmer? Because it's rather easy to get a high Stack Overflow score if you want it. Actually it might be a bit easier. Upvotes earn you 5x downvotes give you.
I actually just checked, I have 721 rep, with 9 questions asked, and 3 answers given. Heck, just logging in each day gets you 10 points.
I actually just checked, I have 721 rep, with 9 questions asked, and 3 answers given. Heck, just logging in each day gets you 10 points.
721 reputation puts you at ~55th percentile. 37k puts her easily in the 99th percentile. It's a pretty big difference.
Wait SO rep is upvotes based? Damn
One of many ways to earn it, but yes. Also accepted answers.
Check the link, also it's HUGELY offset. basically an upvote gets 5x the rep as a downvote.
Here's the strange one though. If you downvote an answer, YOU also lose 1 rep. I guess that's a good way to avoid people just spamming downvote, but it's a strange choice.
You're not impressing anyone, and there is no back door to continue trying to denigrate her skillset.
It's almost like that was only one metric she gave in the context of other metrics...
Stack Overflow score may not directly correlate to skill, but it does show that she spends time engaging with other programmers and thinking about programming questions, which helps paint a picture in the context of her other qualifications.
They're important. People found value in the questions or answers she provided on the site.
People who receive backlash/hate are often put in positions where they have to work harder to prove themselves.
Jon Skeet on SO was treated like a God and a meme because his score was so high it reset.
Her using whatever form of merit that we have to demonstrate her skillset is totally valid.
Anyone can learn how to code. What separates the hobbyist from the professional is the amount of time they're willing to put in.
yeah, a hobbyist will put in significantly more time because they love it.
Professional Chef's eat ramen.
I don't think you know any professional chefs.
HOW DARE YOU assume something that is totally true
Yes, people throwing out scores unprompted to brag is a red flag just like what college someone went to without any context.
Doing it as a response to one's knowledge being dismissed is just citing evidence.
It's a programmer thing and the list of the resume,.male/female will get scunity.
Replace the original with a guy who was walking down the runway and the comments would of similar. C++, python, MIPS objective -c, java...
But yes leading with the stack overflow number... I didn't realize was a thing. Still impressive but instead of typical response would just of been, I'm a lead developer here, or principal engineer here...
And I say all of that yo say, don't imply malicious intent on comments.
Companies hire based on metrics that are even more useless such as Github commit statistics. Stack Overflow score is a much better indicator in comparison.
I'm sure you're a nothing.
I'm just gonna leave this here.