I have a feeling that the perceived lack of "product" side projects corellates to the rise of Github and "open-source contributions" as a requirement to get a t

I have a feeling that the perceived lack of "product" side projects corellates to the rise of Github and "open-source contributions" as a requirement to get a tech interview? People spend all their hobby energy trying to build github portfolios that most of the time is just libraries or contributions to libraries.