Optimize Your GitHub Profile

GitHub is a great way for employers to get a sense of how you code. Learn what your GitHub profile says about you and how to improve it to impress employers.

GitHub Profiles are a key piece of "evidence" to an employer that you'd be a good job candidate, because they can see the details of your work. Recruiters use GitHub as a way to find job candidates, and many Nanodegree alumni have received work opportunities from their activity on GitHub. In addition, using GitHub is a way for you to collaborate on projects with other programmers - this will show that you are able to work well with others on an engineering team on the job.

Submission Instructions

  1. Submit this project after you've done some continuous coding for two weeks, so the reviewer will be able to comment on trends.
  2. Submit your GitHub profile URL as your project.
  3. If you'd like to opt-out of this project, please read the instructions underneath the divider line, below.

Project Resources

  1. Project Rubric. Your project will be reviewed by a Udacity Career Reviewer against this rubric.
  2. Project checklist. Based on the project rubric, this is a handy checklist on GitHub best practices.
  3. Career Resource Center. Find additional tips and guides on developing your GitHub Profile.

Up Next

Continue developing on GitHub! For project ideas, consider contributing to open source.

Career Counselors

To get additional support, make an appointment with a career counselor here.

Career Review Requirement

Your Nanodegree program was designed to ensure your long-term success in the field, and to pursue a successful career you must showcase the skills you’ve learned to employers effectively. Therefore, this is a requirement for graduation, unless you opt-out.

Opting Out

If improving your GitHub profile does not align with your Nanodegree goals, you may opt-out of this graduation requirement.

When you opt-out:

  • You will no longer be able to submit the GitHub Review from this Nanodegree program and all other Nanodegree programs.
  • Your decision to opt-out is final and future access to GitHub Review will need to be purchased separately.

If you would like to opt-out, please click here.