Timeline for Do hiring managers have a hard time accepting developers who have a "business look alike" personal app but are NOT entrepreneurs?
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| Jun 7, 2014 at 18:29 | comment | added | ccot | @RobertHarvey you mean show them source code? I always take with me my System Architecture diagram and some code snippets. In general i get good technical feedback but it is always the "Why you did that app" question that rises | |
| Jun 7, 2014 at 18:26 | comment | added | ccot | @MainMa thanks , you are absolutely right concerning this is not the best company for you. But since it happened often I thought I had to ask the community over here. | |
| Jun 7, 2014 at 9:12 | comment | added | Arseni Mourzenko | @RobertHarvey: totally. Making the app open source could also be a benefit, unless the author is not particularly proud of the source code. | |
| Jun 7, 2014 at 9:11 | comment | added | Arseni Mourzenko | @shadesco: if you're in front of a manager who doesn't like "people like you", i.e. people who get things done, this is probably not the best company for you in the first place. Favoring other candidate because you have done projects on your own while he doesn't makes no sense to me. | |
| Jun 7, 2014 at 2:58 | comment | added | Robert Harvey | What if you just provided the app if they ask for it? In other words, if they want to know something about your technical skills, and the app will demonstrate that, then show it to them. At least then you are answering a specific question they have, rather than showing them something randomly and wondering how they will react to it. | |
| Jun 7, 2014 at 2:42 | vote | accept | ccot | ||
| Jun 7, 2014 at 2:40 | comment | added | ccot | Thanks for the detailed response. In my project I was mainly interested in the technical and solution providing aspect. Several trainers & athletes thanked me, however many developers told me I "should not" mention it on my CV because managers do not like "people like me". That seemed absurd at first but with time I noticed that the number of hiring managers that took it negatively was more than the ones who took it positively, even though I explained clearly my motives. It's like if,as a developer, it's unacceptable to swim sometimes on your own & that is what got me confused. | |
| Jun 7, 2014 at 1:56 | history | answered | Arseni Mourzenko | CC BY-SA 3.0 |