I agree with this too. The overwhelming majority of people writing software today have no public code or other artifacts. That means most companies have to asse

I agree with this too. The overwhelming majority of people writing software today have no public code or other artifacts. That means most companies have to assess a potential hire’s skills without seeing any public work and are therefore used to doing this. That doesn’t mean pato11’s advice is bad. This can be an effective way to have a career. It’s just not the most common or even a particularly easy way. It just seems that way because operating in this open source world is more visible.