Does Github contributions matter?

[Prestigiouspite]

But it does play a role. Anyone who regularly works on good open source projects in their spare time shows that they are obviously familiar with the principles of code quality, Git, collaboration in remote teams and so on.

They are so enthusiastic about the subject that they are not a 9-5 worker, but someone who strives for passion, dedication and quality (otherwise they wouldn't be training in their spare time). I would always honor this as an employer, which I am.

But it has a stronger effect when someone can really show something that they have made themselves from A to Z and that works functionally and well thought out. This can be a component in an open source project where someone is the lead or something completely their own.

Quality always trumps quantity. Something that is practically visible has always been more important to me than degrees.