[svdree]

If this line of thinking ever takes off, it will be just another one of those meaningless rituals you have to go through to signal that you're part of the club. Polish your resume, dress up nicely, read 'cracking the coding interview' the night before. There might actually be a great idea for a new book in there: "How to fill up your GitHub account with random crap so future employers think you're really really passionate".

[gaius]

It already happens - there are a ton of repos out there that are just an unmodified clone of a few Javascript (always Javascript) projects.

[angry-hacker]

Can confirm. I tested it out myself and created a bogus LinkedIn profile to match with it.

I got loads of recruiters to email me, wanting to have a chat.

My plan was to get free plane tickets and hotel to visit U.S, but I didn't find enough time to bullshit them before they actually invite me, but it seemed it's possible.

I'm below average programmer and from Europe. Probably I wouldn't have either attends the actual interview, lied something happened or go there and let them realize I'm shite. No, I wouldn't feel bad about it all if I'd have pulled it off.

[jghn]

We see this a lot. "Please look at my github". Ok, so all I see are a bunch of forks with at best some trivial commit. Now what?

[restalis]

Now it's expected of you to be impressed and to make a generous offer, of course! (Any further delay with any sorts of interviews is simply ludicrous, you see.)