Can I ask what the motive is to create agents to do this? Where is the profit?

kridsdale1 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I think there are a lot of “tech schools” overseas that require students to show proof of contribution to open source.

jimbokun 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

It would be wonderful if the instructors at those schools built relationships with open source maintainers and the maintainers knew when their students were submitting PRs.

Could be used as a teaching experience that many maintainers would be happy to participate in, instead of feeling attacked with random low quality PRs.

	▲	tokioyoyo 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		You might be underestimating the number of little schools, and computer shops. I can recall even back in 2005, there were HTML shops popping up here and there, in little cities around the world.

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dkdbejwi383 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Open source contributions being a great way to learn and to pad out your CV has been considered good advice on all sides of the various seas I’ve lived throughout my career too - it’s not just a dubious code camp thing.

	▲	cheald 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		A robust open source profile is my single favorite hiring profile indicator. However, with the current state of things, if I get a whiff of AI-driven "contribution" it becomes an instant black mark against the candidate.

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pengaru 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

it's externalizing the real work all the way down

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morkalork 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Every single job application form that has a field for your github profile is at fault for this. Juniors trying to break into the industry are trying very hard to check every box.

	▲	SoftTalker an hour ago \| parent \| next [-]
		I've never asked for or looked at anyone's github or personal code as part of a job interview. Too easy to fake, and too much risk that it's something proprietary that could put me in a bad spot.
	▲	andix an hour ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		I never ran into that. I always ask the recruiters to include my GitHub account in the summaries they submit to the technical teams reviewing applications. But they never do.

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dakshgupta 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Apart from the job-related stuff others have already said, there is a bit of novelty/bragging rights in landing a PR into a major open source project.

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cindyllm 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

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