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Suppose that I want to mention my open-source contributions in my resume. How/where should I mention that?

• shoo 7y ago
  No need to overthink it. You could add a very short section at the end with a brief list of bullet points of the project name, a few words explaining what you did, and a link to the PR. Different people will consume your resume in different ways. Automated resume-digesting systems and recruiters might get excited and tag your profile with keywords associated with those open source projects. Or they might not know what to do with the information and throw it away. Similarly for HR. Flesh and blood engineers screening your resume may get excited if they read that far. But once you've made it past the resume screening stage, it'll likely be completely irrelevant, except in the unlikely case that you're being hired for a gig specifically based on your experience with one or more of your contributions.
• tempguy9999 7y ago
  If it's a significant contribution then the answer is, right at the top and loudly. It is something tech-knowledgeable companies would be interested in, and tech-naive recruiters will notice even if they can't judge it (I used to work for a recruitment company so heard lots of conversations).