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Make sure your new workplace will benefit your GH investment and community too. The Github is overcrowded with mocked contributions just to boost resumes. I am
by imhoguy 9y ago
Make sure your new workplace will benefit your GH investment and community too.
The Github is overcrowded with mocked contributions just to boost resumes. I am not against open-source contributions and putting them on CV, but foremost they should be done not for fame but for community benefit.
Also I laugh when closed-source only company asks for GH contributions but they don't contribute anything and don't let one to work on GH in paid time. That means you spend your evenings and time off to keep up with GH - only if your contracts permits that too.
- shortoncash 9y agoGreat comment! I worked in a closed, secretive space for a long time. When I left the secretive space, I had no public "street credit" that would've helped me land remote work. I had to rely on referrals. I'm 100% certain public code and street credit would have made my potential clients more comfortable with me. Plus, having the benefits of having a long, extended public track record communicating with others would have helped too.