u/SoManyCrafts wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
Depends on what he is comfortable with. Most folks put it. What I would say personally is to put it on the resume to get past the gatekeepers (recruiters) and be honest with the hiring managers and engineers that they are projects. Projects belong on your resume anyway when you s
u/michaelnovati replied · ★ FEATURED
u/Cheese12345678901 Yeah I find this sketchy too. I pulled LinkedIn experience and GitHub histories for 200 Codesmith alumni on their flagship projects and diligently made a big table. The vast majority claim 6 to 18 months of experience and actually commits in GitHub over 2 to 6 weeks, most 3 weeks. Speaking with alums it sounds like the project is a 6 week unit and that their leadership actively encourage people to exaggerate this experience because they are "putting in 12 to 16 hour days" so it "counts as months of experience". The more people I talk to, the most frustrated I get, so I stopped haha.