One thing not mentioned is that the reputation of the programmer is tied to contribution quality. MOST programmers make low quality contributions because they a

One thing not mentioned is that the reputation of the programmer is tied to contribution quality. MOST programmers make low quality contributions because they are hired en mass to develop a project at a price point. They code for a buck. They are the outsourced projects, the rushed projects, and the tools made by people who obviously have no clue what they are doing. Github will allow the cream to rise to the top, sure, but those "Just a job" programmer roles are going to exist for a long time. This is because many companies simply want contract fulfilling crap, not quality code.