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I doubt many people cheat stars to get hired, it’s just not a major signal there. But with stars being a signal of traction for open source startups, I definite
by paulgb 3y ago
I doubt many people cheat stars to get hired, it’s just not a major signal there. But with stars being a signal of traction for open source startups, I definitely think there are some companies out there buying them.
Particularly in crypto where people want to quantify “community” and star count is a crude but very available way to do that.
- ethanbond 3y ago+1 seems like a much "better"/more valuable signal to game for startups built on OSS than for individuals.