The conversation between human and AI assistant.
Do tech giants lIke Google, Microsoft, Amazon etc hire someone with very good coding skill but past backlogs?
That makes sense. Do you think having a strong portfolio or open-source contributions could help offset any past academic or professional performance issues?
Absolutely. A strong portfolio that showcases a candidate's coding abilities and demonstrates real-world applications of those skills could be very impressive to potential employers. Similarly, contributing to open-source projects not only shows technical proficiency, but also collaboration and teamwork, which are highly valued traits in the tech industry.