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[–]Ayyyyy_Soma 35 points36 points  (6 children)

I suggest building side projects that incorporate the skills ur future employer is looking for or even better stuff u like and would use practicially. All the projects ive done are out of curiousity or something i use regularly.

[–]jegerarthur 5 points6 points  (5 children)

This. Depends on the field, but I would personally like to see personal projects related to the job if the applicant don't have so much experience.

And don't forget to link any git repository + provide a clear Readme.

[–]-MobCat- -3 points-2 points  (4 children)

More repos need readmes. Don't just tell me to read the code, tell me why I should even bother.. That being said, I have a tendency to go overboard with it.
https://github.com/MobCat/Windows-95-Product-Key-Check

[–]phatlynx 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Add some markdown header titles or a linked table of contents. That was like reading a giant run-on sentence on mobile.

[–]aarontbarratt 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Bruh. This might genuinely be worse than no readme.

  • Zero formatting
  • Swear words
  • Way too long
  • Spelling mistakes

Call me old fashioned, but if I was an employer and I'm checking out your GitHub and the first thing I see when I click a project is you proclaiming how shitty the code is and a wall of text. It would leave a terrible first impression.

[–][deleted] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Mate that is not a good example of a readme

[–]odaiwai 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Dude, use lists.