> Also, the big part of that issue is people are incentivized to make their GitHub profile look good to have a higher chance of getting hired.

Do people really get hired for bunch of PRs to random repos on GH or just think they will? My impression has always been that GH profile is completely ignored by both recruiters and interviewers.

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brodo 3 hours ago | parent [-]

And this kind of behaviour is a red flag for people who actually go digging through the GitHub profile. Like techical people in the last stages of a hiring process.

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throw10920 an hour ago | parent [-]

Is this aspirational or anecdotal, or is this what technical people in FANNG/tech actually do? I hope it's true but it strikes me as the kind of thing that most technical people involved in the interview process would be too tired/overworked to do.

	▲	giancarlostoro 38 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Nobody ever has brought up my GitHub though I did use my private GitLab projects to land my first dev job.