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"First, if the candidate didn’t have an online portfolio, personal site, or blog, I didn’t want to see a resumé. " The author is an idiot. ETA: I had a progr

"First, if the candidate didn’t have an online portfolio, personal site, or blog, I didn’t want to see a resumé. " The author is an idiot. ETA: I had a program manager who thought that having a blog meant the developer was an accomplished/published author. The developer quit for having to work 10 hour days after the first week and a half. Again, idiot.

aberman 15y ago
For a design candidate? Curious why you think that... Would their academic credentials have been more helpful? I also caveated that comment: I may be missing out on some good candidates, but seeing something they've created is the only way I know how to screen design candidates. Perhaps that does make me an idiot :(
pavel_lishin 15y ago
Can you expand on that a little?
- dylanrw 15y ago
  Some designers are not PR machines, or don't really care about recording thoughts, some just lower their heads and work, and when it's all said and done they may not have anything they are compelled to write about. There is a difference between a good/great designer and a popular one.
  - aberman 15y ago
    Then you should have a portfolio, no? I'm not saying that having a blog makes you an "accomplished author" as the original commentator suggests I was implying, I'm just saying that seeing your work is the easiest/only way to screen for talent.
reledi 15y ago
I agree with the author. If they didn't have an online portfolio, personal site, or blog, then I probably wouldn't want to see a resume. To me it shows that they're driven and they trust their work enough to have it public for anyone to judge. You also get a sense of what the person is like, rather than what their experience is like.
- diolpah 15y ago
  I'm ambivalent about this. Requiring an online portfolio for a designer does make sense, but a blog? The only "drive" that attention whoring on a blog shows is the drive to get attention.
  - chc 15y ago
    He said "or blog," not "and blog" — some people prefer to show off their work in blog format rather than a traditional portfolio.
jroseattle 15y ago
You'd prefer to hire someone who is going to put your presentation front and center on the interwebz when they themselves don't have anything public to show? Designers design, and like to show off their designs. If a designer doesn't have anything to show off, it doesn't pass the smell test for me.

aberman 15y ago

For a design candidate? Curious why you think that... Would their academic credentials have been more helpful? I also caveated that comment: I may be missing out on some good candidates, but seeing something they've created is the only way I know how to screen design candidates. Perhaps that does make me an idiot :(

pavel_lishin 15y ago

Can you expand on that a little?

dylanrw 15y ago
Some designers are not PR machines, or don't really care about recording thoughts, some just lower their heads and work, and when it's all said and done they may not have anything they are compelled to write about. There is a difference between a good/great designer and a popular one.
- aberman 15y ago
  Then you should have a portfolio, no? I'm not saying that having a blog makes you an "accomplished author" as the original commentator suggests I was implying, I'm just saying that seeing your work is the easiest/only way to screen for talent.

reledi 15y ago

I agree with the author. If they didn't have an online portfolio, personal site, or blog, then I probably wouldn't want to see a resume. To me it shows that they're driven and they trust their work enough to have it public for anyone to judge. You also get a sense of what the person is like, rather than what their experience is like.

diolpah 15y ago
I'm ambivalent about this. Requiring an online portfolio for a designer does make sense, but a blog? The only "drive" that attention whoring on a blog shows is the drive to get attention.
- chc 15y ago
  He said "or blog," not "and blog" — some people prefer to show off their work in blog format rather than a traditional portfolio.

jroseattle 15y ago

You'd prefer to hire someone who is going to put your presentation front and center on the interwebz when they themselves don't have anything public to show? Designers design, and like to show off their designs. If a designer doesn't have anything to show off, it doesn't pass the smell test for me.