[FpUser]

>"...Would you like a cool job in tech? Show me your open-source portfolio."

I do not know what constitutes "cool job" but I've been developing for longer than many lived and not once was I asked about my open source contributions. When I do work for clients it is nearly always to design and create a product. I have a "portfolio" of such products with appropriate references and this is what I show to clients and it seems to work very well.

Also working on product makes me interested way more in the design / inventive aspects. Programming itself is just a tool for me to express my ideas. This makes me a "dispassionate programmer". I can appreciate good tools / languages /tech / etc that make me complete the task easier but once more - they're just tools.

Last thing. I do not have any "open source" contributions. I am not proud of it but do not feel guilty either.