This emphasis on GitHub accounts is a sub-culture I hear about a lot, but am unfamiliar with. I know many people in tech who get paid ridiculous amounts of mone

This emphasis on GitHub accounts is a sub-culture I hear about a lot, but am unfamiliar with. I know many people in tech who get paid ridiculous amounts of money, but none of them have GitHub accounts -- does anyone here have stories about how your GitHub account substantially helped you in your career? Very curious about this.