demonstrate your ability by contributing to relevant codebases on github, not a few commits here and there, build entire low-latency libraries, you're supoosed

demonstrate your ability by contributing to relevant codebases on github, not a few commits here and there, build entire low-latency libraries, you're supoosed to be demonstrating excellence so show us the code (!!!!) go to developer meetups, or better yet, speak at them go to the pub after the meetup, thats where the real networking happens. talk to people dont just sit in the corner. be smart about who you talk to and what you work on, time, resources and attention are limited, succinctly demonstrate apex excellence immediatly