Make the most out of your GitHub Profile

In this talk, I showed some features of GitHub that can make our profiles stand out and make them look nice and attractive to potential recruiters/engineers looking to hire. I also talked about some tips to make READMEs appealing for side projects public on GitHub.

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1. Make the most out of your GitHub Profile @isabelcmdcosta
2. Why care about it • To make you standout when applying to jobs • To put your best developer image forward • Show off your skills
3. Prepping your GitHub Profile • Profile sidebar ◦ Personal Website ◦ Personal Bio ◦ Twitter ◦ Organization ◦ Location ◦ Photo • Personal README • Activity • Pin Repos • Contribution Graph • Organizations
4. Make your projects shine • README ◦ Learn markdown • Topics • Description • Deployed link • Stretch ◦ Create issue ◦ Create pull requests (PR) ▪ even if you are the only one working
5. Promote it Have it on your LinkedIn - On projects - Summary - Personal Links CV / Resume - Link projects - Link profile Portfolio
6. Bonus: Finding projects to contribute Look for… • Projects you know • CodeTriage • Organizations that participate in open source programs • Explore by tag on GitHub
7. Thank you! #open-source on CBF Slack Twitter: @isabelcmdcosta GitHub: @isabelcosta Website: isabelcosta.github.io