---
title: "Tips to use GitHub as your Portfolio"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/tips-to-use-github-as-your-portfolio-u9bxao1ji
source_url: https://dev.to/pachicodes/tips-to-use-github-as-your-portfolio-4kb2
type: article
source: "DEV"
author: "Pachi"
published: 2023-12-02T00:52:23.212Z
updated: 2023-12-02T21:00:08.763Z
tags: ["career", "github", "open-source"]
reading_time: 3
upvotes: 274
comments: 10
language: en
---

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# Tips to use GitHub as your Portfolio

**[DEV](https://daily.dev/sources/devto)** · [@pachicodes](https://daily.dev/pachicodes) · 3 min read · 274 upvotes · 10 comments

## Summary

Tips on how to use GitHub as your portfolio, including creating a README, filling in the left column, and pinning projects.

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## Community discussion

Top comments from developers on daily.dev.

**@markmaksi** · 1 upvotes

> Great article. One tip I got from a senior engineer at Google is not just add pinned posts, but include the repos that you want employers to see in the README file with links and live demo or a video showing how it works. The reason is that the repositories tab lists repos based on the last activity, and you might not want employers to see the latest repo you committed too. So enhance the employer experience on your GitHub.

**@pacifiquem** · 0 upvotes

> Apart from both README and PINNED REPOs
> Your activity overview can also help since it show what you did and how you did it. Take a look at this example:
>
> ![image](https://res.cloudinary.com/daily-now/image/upload/s--LjfNOtNQ--/f_auto,q_auto/v1701617305/ugc/content_0f8c8fac-9278-47f6-b282-a7b8b6d987f6)
>
> For example if you are applying to a company where they require you code review skills that can help you easly.
>
> Also you can  use this profile as insipiration: https://github.com/pacifiquem

**@friendbear** · 0 upvotes

> Thanks,
>
> A new branch is created and generated.
> (https://gitthub.com/friendbear)

**@thomashighbaugh** · 0 upvotes

> love that canva banner there. `Memphis design will never die`.
>
> I do some whackiness with [my profile readme](https://github.com/Thomashighbaugh) involving Javascript auto-updating portions and a custom svg banner graphic that uses an internal style sheet and javascript for producing animations. Doesn't help me get jobs, not really the point for me as much as I wanted to practice using GitHub actions more substantially but you may find it helpful.
>
> `Best of luck`!

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