Why your GitHub needs an upgrade!

As programmers our GitHub profile is one of the most important tools that we have to show off our skills and display our work. As I dive deeper into my career as a software developer I am finding that any way to stand out in this industry is a good thing.

As we have our GitHub’s passed around more and more you want your GitHub to standout among the rest. Let’s look at 2 examples of Github profiles and see which one you would be more likely to explore more:

Here we can see a GitHub that has had more time and effort put into the aesthetics and feel of the page. On this page we can get a brief description of the user as well as all of the tech and interests that developer has without having to dig through all of the code within the repos.

With a GitHub like this an employer can easily see if you meet their requirements, and it also shows that you took the time to display your work in a proud and creative way.

This GitHub profile has been untouched aside from the pinned posts. For me this just visually does not stack up against the previous one, and if I were an employer I would have to dig through all of the repos on this profile to find out the information that the previous one provides for us.

Okay… so we have seen 2 examples of GitHub profiles and it should be very clear which is the winner. But there is just one more question… How do I make my GitHub look so good!?!

It is very simple!

All you need to do create a new repo with your USERNAME as the name of the repo. Github will recognize this as a “special repo” and it will prompt you to create a README.md.

After that simply just add some Markdown HTML to the readme and you are all set!

Have some fun updating your GitHub and impress your future employers! I hope you found this helpful! Thank you for reading!