Ask HN: anyone have an old github account they are willing to part with?

2 pointsby ogdet13 anni fa7 comments

I was wondering, but does anyone have an "early" (e.g. 2008, 2009) github account they are willing to part with?

Back then, I was not on github, but was using other places for my code.

3 comments

pedalpete13 anni fa

I'm curious why it would matter if the account was old? What are you trying to achieve? You can always put your old code onto a new account.

ogdet13 anni fa

Here is my conundrum: I've been using google code forever. However, as more potential employers are interested in github profiles, I would be presenting one with a very recent creation date (on the left side of the profile). Unfortunately this could provide the wrong impression (ie. that I just started to program very recently).

timpattinson13 anni fa

An employer may look at the dates commits were made, and they might suspect something. You could always provide a link to your past work in your github profile.

officialjunk13 anni fa

it's a reasonable and probably common situation. it may be better to just be truthful and refer to your actual prior projects, wherever they are. if the potential employers can't understand this, do you really want to work for them?

tobylane13 anni fa

You could put dates on them.

Github (2012-) github.com/Ogdet Google Code (2006-2012) code.google.com/u/Odget

randomwalk15213 anni fa

May I ask why you would want to do that?

ogdet13 anni fa

See other comment :)