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Re:GitHub Insights by swagonomixxx on Wednesday May 06, 2020 @02:12PM (#23094400)
I'm inclining on agreeing. Gaming commit counts and commit graphs on GitHub is already a thing. I've been asked by many recruiters why my commit graph on GitHub has gone stale, when I've worked at places that don't use GitHub, or if my commits are 99% of the time towards private repositories.

I can already see the resumes of developers touting their statistical brilliance from metrics gained from this tool. It's not a world I want to be a part of, to be honest.

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Re:GitHub Insights by boobsbr on Thursday May 07, 2020 @04:52AM (#23101050)
For the past 10 years I worked for companies with NDA and exclusivity clauses in the contracts.

I can only describe what I worked on superficially, I cannot contribute to other projects because all code I produce (even off-hours) that has my name attached to it is company property.

My GitHub and BitBucket profiles are bare, save for bug reports.

Every time I get interviewed I have to explain why my résumé is not more detailed and why I don't contribute to the open source community.

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