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There is missing information here. What makes you think you are slam-dunk qualified for a 6 figure Software Engineering position when you only have a couple of seemingly random (from what you've told us) projects up on GitHub? Why should any team take a chance on you?

These are important questions to answer because you have to be able to crisply articulate them otherwise there are much more qualified candidates to choose from (depending on the hiring market).

Also what gives you the impression that lying is normal? There is a difference between lying and casting your past experience in the most favorable light possible (take this too far and you can cross over into the realm of lies). Lying is a great way to start off in this industry on the wrong foot - it's a smaller world than you think and the cost of lying is higher than you think.