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StackOverflow - was it worth it?
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StackOverflow - was it worth it?

via Dev.toNikola Brežnjak1mo ago

TL;DR By now, everyone has probably seen this (or a similar version) graph: So, let's not dwell on it, shall we? It was nice ( great even ), when it lasted. Nowadays, it's better to work on your Github profile or actually building/publishing. That's it, going back to my terminal to see if Clawdbot/Moltbot/OpenBot needs my attention, ciao 👋 Yes, our (programming) world is changing, and I hope you're keeping up... !TL;DR Back in 2018, my friend Shawn Milochik and I discussed on our DevThink podcast if it's still worth it to build a portfolio on StackOverflow. It was our 1st episode . Then, I thought that building the profile there was still valuable, especially if you wanted to change jobs, but I also agreed that having an active Github account is also important (maybe even more so) as you can show people what you can do with the code, and 'code does not lie'. Moreso, if you didn't care about the vanity points you may want to do it because of your own satisfaction of helping people. Beca

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