Arjun Mehta ·
Open source contributions help hiring less than people hope
But a specific kind helps a lot: a sustained contribution to a project the team already uses.
One merged fix in a dependency your interviewer maintains is worth more than fifty green squares. Depth over surface, here as everywhere.
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