btcjobseeker

Thanks for your comment. I can't transfer ownership to the repo, because it's the Bitcoin core project and I don't own it (and I'm not even a core committer, so I basically can't do anything). But it shows up on my profile as "Projects contributed to". And since it's such a popular project, it's high in the list of projects contributed to.

I have considered a similar plan, really just an alternate take on your suggestion, which is creating a new profile and transferring ownership of my own (semi) popular projects to it. The problem is, I then give up my 2+ year old Github account for a brand new one. And then I also give up proof of other external projects I've contributed to, including some big name open source projects.

Github really should let users have control over what repos are shown in their profile. I mean, fine if employers want to use Github as a resume, but at least we should have control over which ones of our projects Github displays, then.

But the most important is that you don't think those contributions will be seen as a negative, good (anecdotal) data point. I'm beginning to think that I may be worried for no good reason.

Thanks for taking the time to comment.

I'm not sure about that. It's toward the top of my "Github Contributions", and by necessity I have to show them my Github. I've never worked as a developer before beyond a few small contract jobs, so I have to show them code somewhere.

In any case, this is falling off the new page, so I probably won't be able to hear from a meaningful sample of the hiring population. So I'll just have to risk it, and revisit it if I don't get any calls.

Thanks for your comment. I hope you're right. It's so hard for me to tell based on the people who comment on Bitcoin matters in online communities like HN and Reddit, who tend to be either very pro- or very anti-Bitcoin.