[koakuma-chan]

> The best junior I've hired was a big contributor to an open source library we were starting to use.

From my experience no one cares. You're lucky if recruiter even looks at your CV, not to mention your GitHub profile.

[ori_b]

This is why I've managed to help startups I have worked at make better hires; I look at the code candidates have written, and poke through the commits on GitHub.

[pletnes]

As a candidate, you highlight it yourself!