> Sure. Demonstrate experience how? That's the point. If a candidate can't concisely state how they solved a problem or the effect of their having done so, th

> Sure. Demonstrate experience how? That's the point. If a candidate can't concisely state how they solved a problem or the effect of their having done so, then they likely didn't solve a problem in the first place. The barrier to entry represented by using Github is incredibly low, so that isn't a differentiator between people in most cases. What was _accomplished_ by all those pull requests and managed repositories? > Link them to patches accepted by open source projects? IRC conversations and emails? :) (now harder with all that slack thing) In many cases, those are just about the least worthwhile thing you can do to convince a potential employer. Employers are busy, almost always busier than the candidates who are looking for a job. Make things easier for the employer, not harder.