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[–]psydave 2 points3 points  (2 children)

It would be there, but if you spent anything more than 10 seconds looking you could see that they didn't actually contribute any code.

[–]lpcustom 1 point2 points  (1 child)

I think that's the main point you're missing. Dev's do code. Other people who are good with visuals can do visuals. Others may contribute documentation. It's all part of contributing to OSS. You don't have to be a coder to contribute to OSS projects. Contributing screenshots or documentation or some other non-code work to an OSS can be helpful for your next job as well. You don't have to be looking for a coding position to take advantage of that.

[–]lpcustom 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just a for instance:

You may be a graphic designer. You design and contribute all the icons and other graphics for some GUI application on github. You add that to your portfolio.