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I believe this already exists. However, my impression is that while they may ask for your github, no potential employer ever actually checks it.

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Next level: a tool that rates quality and innovation in your github.

I've thought about this as well, the biggest problem here is that I have Github repos from 7 years ago with very, very, poor code quality, and also just a bunch of incomplete test repos. I wouldn't want that to lower the perception of my current skillset.

If I could select which repos to include, that could be very interesting. Also interesting additions: open source contribution analyzer, Stack Overflow Q&A quality analyzer.

Next level: maintaining two separate github repos. One for the dystopian automated interviews and one for you.

Count the number of stars?

Someone could get a ton of stars through bots or someone could have an incredible project with a dozen stars.

Stars should be counted but can't be the only measure.

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