I get a ton of contract leads via LinkedIn, and that's about it. Money is worth more to me than all those other things you mentioned. This come from them having

I get a ton of contract leads via LinkedIn, and that's about it. Money is worth more to me than all those other things you mentioned. This come from them having a large user base. Your thing about just having a github and a cv and portfolio actually doesn't work, because most of your market as a dev is not trolling Github all day? It's a good first funnel. Check your site analytics if you disagree.