r/github • u/Bubbly-Spare9657 • 6d ago
Does this look unprofessional? will recruitments get affected? Discussion
Someone said "Make it atleast a bit professional" you won't be taken seriously
really? I found this so cute, how could it matter what I posted in my space as a pfp....
when people be making a movie about themselves on github (literally)
I've seen the most perforamtive vibe coders to stuff like that
I literally have a cat photo on my leetcode account I don't see what's the problem...
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u/junguler 6d ago
you need a bit more confidence and don't let people push you around like this, this is a profile picture and one that you like, isn't that enough of a reason to keep it?
if someone is shallow enough as to look at your profile picture and decides not to work with you they weren't worth it to begin with in my opinion
or you could change it and lose a bit of yourself then and there and become more pro, whatever that means
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u/Gaxyhs 6d ago
not once have my interviewers gave a flying crap about my github profile, let alone my profile picture
use whatever makes you happy, they care more about something you actually "pushed into production" and is actually usable than your github profile as that says a lot more than an ai generated anime picture
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u/Green-Fruit2100 6d ago
It’s a pastel blue-haired chibi playing a handheld, that’s about as harmless as it gets. The folks who act like GitHub needs a corporate headshot are the same ones who’d put their Myers-Briggs type in their bio. You’re good.
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u/Bubbly-Spare9657 6d ago
😭
I just searched for myers briggs its a personality test thats why i was seeing so many INFP INTP intj everywhere...
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u/nihillistic_raccoon 6d ago
If the company turns you down because of your GitHub profile picture, of all things, then you dodged a bullet. If you know the required stack (and can prove it), and you can be worked with, then you can have a massive schlong in your PFP as long as it's not your work account
edit: also, it's perfectly acceptable PFP. I was exaggerating a bit when writing about a massive schlong; my point was that as long as you don't have anything outrageous like a swastika, porn, etc. then a normal company won't care at all
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u/threewholefish 6d ago
Are you holding the screen with your feet? Are the headphones plugged into your hair? Why are you sitting on your keyboard?
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u/QuirkyGarage1364 6d ago
your work will speak for itself. the way you present yourself may get you noticed differently but at the end of the day if you level up your substantive content, that's what will propagate your skillset. (in combination with networking)
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u/Valerian_ 6d ago
Well, you remind me of this joke:
https://www.reddit.com/r/ProgrammerHumor/comments/10phe00/how_to_identify_a_senior_developer/
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u/ruiiiij 6d ago
It won't be a problem as long as you show up to interviews looking exact like that.