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GitHub profile and repository guides

For most junior applications GitHub is the first thing a technical reviewer opens. These guides cover the profile, the repository cleanup, README files and the workflow signals that read as professional.

Guides

Main guides

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How to make your GitHub profile look professional

The four-pass cleanup: profile, noise, pinned repositories and the signals that read as professional habits.

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Developer README template

A copy-and-fill README structure that answers a reviewer's questions in the order they ask them.

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Writing

Articles

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How to Write a Developer README

A walkthrough of writing one README properly, using a real project — including the two sections that do most of the work.

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Your GitHub Probably Has These 5 Problems

The five things reviewers notice on a student GitHub profile within thirty seconds, and how long each one takes to fix.

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Seven files that cover what your portfolio needs, how to clean up GitHub, how to document a project and what to build next. If it turns out you want the whole system afterwards, it will still be here.

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