I'm willing to bet that you have not hired anyone over 40, regardless of their github status. You would lose that bet I'm afraid! To be fair, I've only ever hi

I'm willing to bet that you have not hired anyone over 40, regardless of their github status. You would lose that bet I'm afraid! To be fair, I've only ever hired one person over 40 and that was purely down to the fact that 95% of applicants I've received to any of my jobs to date are under 35. You are right on one point, this advice is mainly geared towards younger professionals purely because someone with your breadth of experience I would expect to have plenty of worthwhile experience to surpass any 'popular' github repo.