Re:GitHub and Open-Source Is a Boon for the Underprivileged
by aitrean on Sunday June 10, 2018 @06:21PM
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Design work is extremely different from developer work. Design work is usually publicly available, and each piece often stands on its own. Paid developer work is usually not publicly visible, and a lot of projects require working with teams. The type of work that goes on a Github profile, therefore, is usually unpaid work where you get to create your own project, and pick your own codebase. In this sense, you're comparing apples to oranges.
Pretty much all designers have some kind of public portfolio such as a website with example of their previous work. I see GitHub as a centralised (and, for the most part, respected) place to put your work for developers, even if you don't want to use it for collaboration but simply as an advertising platform.
However it does lead to the same kind of problem you get with employers not looking at a candidate who doesn't have a LinkedIn profile. You will inevitably miss out of some excellent people who don't wish to/can't use such a platform.