Codesmith Grads - Stop lying on your background checks. Your OSP is not 'employment history'. I've received a number of couple of people having trouble with background checks because they put their project as 'work experience'. STOP.

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u/VastAmphibian wrote (the comment Michael replied to):

I think it's actually justifiable *to a certain degree* if it's on linkedin. hear me out on this. there's only one place on linkedin where you can list your experience. it doesn't matter what kind of experience it is. professional, volunteer, paid, unpaid, full time, part time, c

u/michaelnovati replied · Jun 17, 2025

Yeah it's a fair point but the time periods are wrong. I surveyed like 50 people's GitHubs and the people committed over 3 to 4 weeks and put 11 months of experience. Lying about the timeframe is still lying.