Trish Wyderka
DFWTRN
November 6, 2019
 Prior Air Force veteran
 Sourcer for 8+ years; cutting-edge electrical
engineering technology
 LOVE sourcing; addicted to anything Boolean and
data mining
 Cat mom and sci-fi movie lover
Using GitHub
and Stack
Overflow to:
• Search for users
• Assess user profiles
• Find user emails
• Use Boolean to find users
 Website and cloud-based service that helps
developers store and manage their code, as
well as track & control changes to their
code
 location: (location of user)
 language: (primary language of user)
 followers: (# of followers)
 repos: (# of public repositories a user has)
Example: language:java location:Dallas followers:10..*
repos:10..*
Assessing a GitHubs User
 Right click on photo – search for image
which can take you to other pages
associated with user (Twitter, homepage
and more)
 Username – run through
https://www.namecheckr.com/
 Location data
 Personal or business websites
 Organizations the user is associated with
Dive down deeper in a user’s
personal site via GitHub and what
do you find…
https://github.com/search/advanced
 Profiles with location:
site:github.com “london” “joined
on” “public activity” -tab.activity
 Profiles with key terms:
site:github.com ios | android
“public activity” -tab.activity
Resumes on Github: (Google)
 site:github.com
(intitle:resume|cv|vitae |
inurl:com/resume | inurl:com/cv
| inurl:com/vitae) -
inurl:https|format
 resume.github.io/ Python
filetype:pdf
 Web-based application
allows you to search
GitHub’s userbase by
skill and location
 Repositories, followers,
link to personal website,
contact information
 Shows when they are
available for hire
 https://octohunt.com/?ref=prod
ucthunt
 Online community for developers to learn, share their
programming knowledge and build their careers
Stack Overflow profiles have
these pieces of information
available to other users
 Username
 Bio
 Location
 Website
 Member since
 Link to Twitter profile
 Reputation
 Question asked
 Other profiles
 Profile picture
 Tags contributed to
 Information about their
activity (recent activity)
Locate tag option… Then enter your term…
Enter your term and find
alternative terms to use as
keywords
(Scroll down in results to find
synonyms)
 Use tag synonyms for X-ray
searching
 (html | html5 | html-table |
xhtml | innerhtml |
wkhtmltopdf)
Example: site:linkedin.com/in (html |
html5 | html-table | xhtml | innerhtml
| wkhtmltopdf) gmail.com Texas
 Internal search is limited
on Stack Overflow, use
Boolean search as
alternative
Dean Da Costa SSaR
https://start.me/p/GE7Ebm/ssar
Methods for Finding Contact Info
(Email & Phone)
https://www.slideshare.net/slidesh
ow/embed_code/key/4vhxvQIZIYr
YgU
Stack Overflow & More!! GitHub
** Thank you, Dean Da Costa!!
Questions?
Thank you!
Contact me @
Trish Wyderka
trish@fideliscompanies.com
www.linkedin.com/in/trishwyderka/
Twitter: @trishhasfun

GitHub & Stack Overflow Recruiting

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     Prior AirForce veteran  Sourcer for 8+ years; cutting-edge electrical engineering technology  LOVE sourcing; addicted to anything Boolean and data mining  Cat mom and sci-fi movie lover
  • 3.
    Using GitHub and Stack Overflowto: • Search for users • Assess user profiles • Find user emails • Use Boolean to find users
  • 4.
     Website andcloud-based service that helps developers store and manage their code, as well as track & control changes to their code
  • 5.
     location: (locationof user)  language: (primary language of user)  followers: (# of followers)  repos: (# of public repositories a user has)
  • 6.
    Example: language:java location:Dallasfollowers:10..* repos:10..*
  • 7.
    Assessing a GitHubsUser  Right click on photo – search for image which can take you to other pages associated with user (Twitter, homepage and more)  Username – run through https://www.namecheckr.com/  Location data  Personal or business websites  Organizations the user is associated with
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    Dive down deeperin a user’s personal site via GitHub and what do you find…
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     Profiles withlocation: site:github.com “london” “joined on” “public activity” -tab.activity  Profiles with key terms: site:github.com ios | android “public activity” -tab.activity Resumes on Github: (Google)  site:github.com (intitle:resume|cv|vitae | inurl:com/resume | inurl:com/cv | inurl:com/vitae) - inurl:https|format  resume.github.io/ Python filetype:pdf
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     Web-based application allowsyou to search GitHub’s userbase by skill and location  Repositories, followers, link to personal website, contact information  Shows when they are available for hire  https://octohunt.com/?ref=prod ucthunt
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     Online communityfor developers to learn, share their programming knowledge and build their careers
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    Stack Overflow profileshave these pieces of information available to other users  Username  Bio  Location  Website  Member since  Link to Twitter profile  Reputation  Question asked  Other profiles  Profile picture  Tags contributed to  Information about their activity (recent activity)
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    Locate tag option…Then enter your term…
  • 19.
    Enter your termand find alternative terms to use as keywords (Scroll down in results to find synonyms)
  • 20.
     Use tagsynonyms for X-ray searching  (html | html5 | html-table | xhtml | innerhtml | wkhtmltopdf) Example: site:linkedin.com/in (html | html5 | html-table | xhtml | innerhtml | wkhtmltopdf) gmail.com Texas
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     Internal searchis limited on Stack Overflow, use Boolean search as alternative
  • 24.
    Dean Da CostaSSaR https://start.me/p/GE7Ebm/ssar Methods for Finding Contact Info (Email & Phone) https://www.slideshare.net/slidesh ow/embed_code/key/4vhxvQIZIYr YgU
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    Stack Overflow &More!! GitHub ** Thank you, Dean Da Costa!!
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    Questions? Thank you! Contact me@ Trish Wyderka [email protected] www.linkedin.com/in/trishwyderka/ Twitter: @trishhasfun