Only half trollin'.
So, we know that Github is not our CV, right? Totally. It still sorta feels that way, though. I mean, how great does it feel to have green contribution boxes stretching all the way back over the last year? SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALIDOCIOUS, that's how.
But it's kinda insidious. Not a lot, but a bit. I mean, gotta keep that streak, right? Plus, other people DO look at it, and it means something to them. Maybe more than it should. And possibly not quite what they think it does. I mean, what does it really mean that I have these contributions? Maybe I am better. Or not?
Eh, well, better safe than sorry - gimme the numbers! Right? So just generate_self_worth for me, plz. Because I'd like to stop coding and go home now.
Github, I love you. I really, deeply do. So much respect. But it'd be sweet if you could tap the deep wells of creative people you have to find a less reductionist way of representing my value to the world.
Then set this up yourself, too. We'll have a little "protest!" If you fork, you won't get credit, so manually make a new github repo, fetch this repo in, run generate_self_worth, then push to master of your new repo.