[windowsworkstoo]

Heh your bit about Github resonates. I hire plenty of devs and the whole "make sure you have a GH body of work" has become such a meme that when people do include it on their CV, it's usually just a big list of forked repos with no contributions.

For me, Github/personal projects have not been a useful signal either way, but it is apparent in recentish years that the advice has been to have one regardless.

[pydry]

I havent done much hiring but when I did a github profile that wasnt just forked repos, programming exercises, classroom notes etc. it was always a strong and positive signal of ability.

It just happened rarely. 95% of github profiles held almost nothing of interest.

Impressive github + well known employers + gregarious/outgoing as a combination also always basically signaled that the candidate wasnt going to be within budget.

[PebblesHD]

Good points, and interestingly as a candidate who is reasonably outgoing, does a bit of public speaking, and has a github profile with a few infrequently updated but well used side projects included on my resume, I aim for this to work as a reverse filter for companies who will pay me an above average salary, and it’s worked a treat so far. If an employer still wants to interview me after being referred from a DevOps talk or through friends after reading my resume or having coffee with me, I’m usually pretty confident they know what I’m going to be asking for.