Software engineering is not one field. > My assertion is that having those open source software projects is not materially impacting the careers most writers o

Software engineering is not one field. > My assertion is that having those open source software projects is not materially impacting the careers most writers of open source software because of that software's existence If you define 'open source project' as something that exists on GitHub, then the vast majority of open-source software is completely useless and unhelpful to a resume. On the other hand, if you have a popular piece of software, a community around it, and a demonstrated ability to manage tickets, contributors, etc, then you are going to have great chances of working in an environment where that skill is used.