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Comment by apenwarr | Hacker News Reader

Apparently github is my de-facto resume, because I got emailed by a headhunter just the other day saying he found me on github, and my Java-related experience would be a real benefit to them.

Wait, Java-related experience? I'm pretty sure there's not a single line of Java in my entire github repo. Oh wait, that's not true - there's my trivial benchmark script that shows Java is slower than python in some cases. :)

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I've gotten two kinds of offers because of my Github account. The first is a genuine, honest-to-goodness message written by a human in HR that thought my skills were a good match for their company.

The second arrived late last night and appears to be an automated message from Githire[1], though a real name was used in the From field.

I think this is a new trend and while I don't mind it at all now it could easily get out of hand.

[1] http://githire.com/

I just got an email from them today for a "Senior Java Developer" position. I can't figure out what the deal is, because I have a) very little public Java code anywhere (I have the roughout of a Swing GUI in my github repos) and b) no mention of Java on my resume at all.

Yeah, the "GitHub jobs" aren't well targetted, but that's just like Dice, etc. Recruiters are the real source of the spam, not the job site. Fog Creek's job site Careers 2.0 is pretty quiet, but when I do get something, it is usually a direct company hire that is also mismatched. As someone else said, if you want a good match, you need connections, or an excellent or lucky recruiter.

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