When people put their GH handle on their resume, I definitely checked it out. Sometimes I would even see if I could get it running on the first try. This has been an indicator of some of practices they have.

But it’s only ever a small piece of the picture. Some people push their code to github when they are very junior, and it doesn’t represent where their skills are currently at.

There is the issue of forgery, but I lump it in the same category as lying on a resume- the deception is equally as serious.