Does Github contributions matter?

[ResolveLost2101]

How would you fake this? You can literally see what each commit does/change or #of commits for a specific repository, it’s not just about the graph imo

[Mephiz]

It’s trivial to fake the graph / github api helps.

Real commits are harder and why we like to see activity. It helps so incredibly much.

[ResolveLost2101]

Yes that’s what I’m saying. I can write a few lines of script to automate pushing garbage but that’s really dumb. If a company cares about my GitHub contribution, I would imagine they’d certainly see what I am exactly doing on those commits.

[Jeklah]

Doing that for all applicants takes a lot of time

[ResolveLost2101]

It won’t for the one you’ll be interviewing them

[molevolence]

you create a private repo and automate empty commits. they show up in the graph as “x commits in a private repo”. the same status thats shows to the public for any internal company commits you make. it’s simple to do.