I know several ROM/app developers in the Android community (including one close friend) that have been approached solely based on their contributions to their o

I know several ROM/app developers in the Android community (including one close friend) that have been approached solely based on their contributions to their own Github account and organizations they are a part of on there. At least one of them was not even a college graduate and was offered competitive pay + benefits by several different companies. However, each also ended up going through at least part of the traditional interview process as well (phone calls, in person, etc). I don't believe any of them had to write code though. In all of the cases, the companies were interested in not only their Android development skills, but that they had shown they could collaborate/communicate well with others. Each had also been a core contributor a major Android ROM project for at least 2 years, besides maintaining their own side projects.