It never served a a cheat-code, or a skip-the-line or any such goodness. What it did was serve as a conversation starter, “I see project Y in strange language X. What is the story there?”
That’s your cue to sell yourself, your skills, your experience, etc.
I could never know, but perhaps having it also got me on the short-list for an interview to begin with?
I would say GitHub has featured in at about half of my interviews.
It never served a a cheat-code, or a skip-the-line or any such goodness. What it did was serve as a conversation starter, “I see project Y in strange language X. What is the story there?”
That’s your cue to sell yourself, your skills, your experience, etc.
I could never know, but perhaps having it also got me on the short-list for an interview to begin with?
I would say GitHub has featured in at about half of my interviews.