I've put lots of little coding solutions, links to my videos and articles on my website [1], and have sent this to potential employers in the past for web dev jobs. It definitely helped accelerate things, and on 3 occasions I didn't have to do their take home test since my GitHub was enough. I don't have an up to date CV and my LinkedIn is empty.
I've also heard of potential colleagues giving positive sentiment to the hiring manager/boss: "oh that guy, I'm subscribed to his mailing list, he's good".
I've received a good number of offers, and one thing I've started to wonder: are interviewers thinking I'm a great dev because all these little side projects supposedly make me a better web developer? Or are they hoping I'll increase exposure to their brand since I already do talks and write articles?
I hope it's not the former, all the time I spend writing, doing talks etc. it's taking time away (with the exception of software-based side projects) from me learning about the art of software engineering.
OP here. If you're in the 1% of developers than can consistently produce quality content in blogs, videos, and other formats, this can absolutely be a superior way to demonstrate your command of your field and the subject matter.
To state the obvious, the time, care, attention and effort involved in producing superior content such as yours Umar, is a lot more than getting a free technical resume rewrite from MeetLeet :)
I've also heard of potential colleagues giving positive sentiment to the hiring manager/boss: "oh that guy, I'm subscribed to his mailing list, he's good".
I've received a good number of offers, and one thing I've started to wonder: are interviewers thinking I'm a great dev because all these little side projects supposedly make me a better web developer? Or are they hoping I'll increase exposure to their brand since I already do talks and write articles?
I hope it's not the former, all the time I spend writing, doing talks etc. it's taking time away (with the exception of software-based side projects) from me learning about the art of software engineering.
[1] https://umaar.com