Why Your GitHub Matters (For Self-Taught Programmers)

How does your GitHub look?

Absolutely true

gotcha

Mentorship?

what youre saying is true. I've gotten quite a few freelance work without github HOWEVER if you do have github as a goto reference for companies it will help without a doubt. Particularly if you arent a people person so not really that great at telling the interviewer about yourself, your skills and experience

Should the projects be public?

Please make a one video course to learn complete GitHub....

This is so helpful 🙏

Is there any way to customize my personal dashboard? I'm so close to creating the perfect workflow, I just need to edit what shows up in the "browse activity" section! . .

Strong Github + DSA = Job. Everytime.

Awesome

Guess I got lucky I’ve never and still don’t use GitHub or a repository I do everything local or on one of our servers. What landed me the job was cutting the interviewer off (whoops) and showing him the live versions of my projects.

peace

absolutely. Companies need to see what you were up to before applying for their job.They need to make sure that you have some experience and not are not just applying after watching a couple of tutorials.

So, I'm a complete newb, didn't even know what GitHub was, now checking it out. Thanks for the tip.

I watched this video 3 times
1 month ago
2 months ago
3 months ago
To make myself to improve my GitHub

Where do I find or have projects under my belt? Do I just make up questions that need answering on some random databases i find? I am trying to be a data analyst (sql)

old Facebook posts and old tweets? nooooooooo

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Hi Andy I hope you're doing well. what would you recommend for a 23y who wants to start and learn. Because I love (Web development), but I have no tech background and never had. Should I start with python? or something else?

So I just started teaching myself. I been focusing on just HTML/CSS but my goal is to start learning a language. Ami going about it the right way? Should I get good and comfortable with HTML/CSS before I jump into a language? Any thoughts?

My account is all green ever since I created it just over two months ago. Clement Mihailescu inspired me to keep it all green. Then again I am still on the tutorial/course part of my coding journey.

Great

I would just give them like a active Blog link with my current work. Something I know would impress them. That way I know they have the best sources to see my background. Instead looking at old accounts, I haven't touch in years. Like create your own portfolio in a Blog form. One you want them to see and judge you on. That don't stop them to look further. But at least you gave them something that they might judge you on. Instead old nonactive accounts you created over the years.

I started one on your previous recommendation. Since most of the stuff is tutorials and 'scratchpads' I keep them private. These still show in the Github stats. I will definitely make all projects and coding challenges public. I just want to control the average quality. If they briefly look and see a lot of 'hello worlds' I expect them to just move on. Also, it really helps integrating the create and push process into your editor/ide.

Look at all these useless GitHub pushes that did mostly nothing.... I might involve more GitHub pushing in between working on stuff but it's honestly ridiculous. It's not a good sign of a good developer at all. Look at all this bullshit they sure flap their arms around a lot. Focus... people... just fucking focus.

Try to create an account that matches your name. Obscure nickname sometimes mislead researchers.

Thank you sir, I will surely open one as soon as I can😃

Sir i am new to Android developing can you tell me which projects should i build to get hired

I don't wanna make acoount on GitHub :(.

I started applying for my first coding job 2 weeks ago. I'm applying to 10 different jobs per day on average. 30% of the job postings on LinkedIn and Indeed explicitly ask for your GitHub account, as per my experience. And the best point is exactly - if it helps, why not?

Github is for sure a must for any self taught developer.

So I have an abandoned 10 year old Facebook account, if they look it up they'll just find pictures of my childhood.
should I just delete that account?

what if I have bitbucket profile instead? and my repositories are private?

Thank you Andy. I just start my HTML course. After that moving on CSS.JavaScript 2021 January. I don't know.Whats Github.The rule is "Will cross that bridge 🌉 when we come into" Stick with plan.I know.Its hard. "Keep your tag's close people"😂

Yup! I've been applying to a lot of jobs the past 2-3 weeks and most of them will ask for a github repository. Even when I went to an interview that didn't required it for the posting, they asked me if I had one so the tech/hiring manager could take a look. So 100% have a github specially if you are new like me :)

Having a Git Hub can help you stand out. I built a simple REST API in C# and during one of my interviews I mentioned that and the manager skipped the technical questions and asked me to present the project instead. Ended up getting the job. So for self taught, it's not just tutorials, project help as well.

At the end explained everything. Github for new programmer's and that's absolutely true!

Your logic makes sense.

You are absolutely right but most of my project are niche websites and set to private
What should I do ??

But wait, some places want you to make a mew Github account and Idk why?

Thanks man, you are helping me a lot on start of my journey!

Again a valuable advise !

What's your twitter handle

Thank you so much Andy.

My GitHub is somewhat active as I'm always trying something new or updating earlier projects with things I've learned - at least a commit per day. The most complete projects, some that that are deployed to Azure or AWS have a tiny URL link, are pinned. I'm also using the personalized GitHub readme page to introduce myself. My bio has my LinkedIn picture and personal website portfolio. My projects that I want to showcase have discoverable tags as well. But, I've found that even with all this work put into it, I still get very few interviews. Though, I have not been applying lately due to family issues and helping them out as of late during the 2020 pandemic.

Would I need one, if I have live projects linked to my portfolio?