[SimonPStevens]

I missed the edit window, but the post got me thinking, so I came back to add this.

My first dev job was straight out of uni. No prior work experience, and no open source work to share. I had a 2000 line final year project written in c++ and that was it.

I think may 1% of the graduates had any open source contributions. Most were like me.

If you consider that these will be the people you are competing against for a entry level role. Your projects are a huge thing if you open source them, even unfinished. Just demonstrate an understanding of some CS concepts, algorithms, code design, etc and you'll be competitive at the very least.