> That being said, casual hack projects and attempts on your GitHub is not bad. It means you are interested. This is great advice. When hiring we are usually

> That being said, casual hack projects and attempts on your GitHub is not bad. It means you are interested. This is great advice. When hiring we are usually looking for "T-shaped" [0] skill sets which you haven't developed at this point in your career. But it starts with self-motivation and some sort of itch you need or want to scratch. You can also contribute to other open source projects and those can appear on your github profile - code, tests, docs, tooling, resources/graphics, etc. Getting your commit accepted will normally allow you to go through some kind of review - especially on more active projects. Find something interesting with helpful committers. Lots of projects have 'need help' tags in their issue tracker. [0] http://www.hrzone.com/hr-glossary/what-are-t-shaped-skills http://www.hrzone.com/hr-glossary/what-are-t-shaped-skills