[raviolo]

I’ve been writing code for over 20 years yet I don’t have anything that I can share in a public repo. My employer would sue me immediately. I don’t imagine I will be looking for a job via the “normal process” with recruiters and all, but if I did, would I need to put out stuff to github? Would I need to spend 6 months just writing random but nice-looking code so I’m not rejected due to not having github profile?

I think there’s a lot of people like that. Making github a mandatory requirement is strange.

[baq]

You just tell the truth. Create a repo that says in the readme that you can’t show any code you write if you’re concerned that not having a profile is a problem.

[plibither8]

> My employer would sue me immediately.

This is the first time I'm hearing about something like this. Why would your employer sue you?

[lildoggo]

Probably because of an NDA the OP signed. Companies don't like it when their employees share the company's profitable code with the world.