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I think it’s extremely common. Just look at all of the LinkedIn profiles with links to Github. Schools tell their students to do this because it will help them
by bogwog 5y ago
I think it’s extremely common. Just look at all of the LinkedIn profiles with links to Github. Schools tell their students to do this because it will help them get hired, even though that’s probably wrong in the vast majority of cases.
If you’re looking for a job, don’t have a network/personal connections, don’t have an amazing resume, etc then what can you do? Either spend months grinding leetcode so you can get an entry level job working on ads, or contribute/build something (open source or not) to get your name out there and pad your resume.
- abeyer 5y agoFrom what I've seen the vast majority of that just produces lots of copies of tutorial projects repeated over and over again, as that's far easier than actually coming up with a new project that's of use to other people, or getting involved, learning the process, and becoming a contributor on an existing one. I've seen that advice everywhere, but _never_ actually seen someone become an ongoing OSS contributor as a result. I'm sure it happens, but I question how often and how much of an impact it actually is.