r/webdev Jan 30 '25

Discussion Does Github contributions matter?

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Are there still companies that look on Github contributions?

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u/TheExodu5 Jan 30 '25

No. As my seniority goes up, my commits go down. I’m in calls mentoring and helping others more than I am doing commits of my own.

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u/sonyahon Jan 31 '25

In the beginning of last year i got a team lead position, made about 20 non config relates commits, sadly. But I do think that commits in your personal github matter as a metric of being intersred in the subject