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I can always get behind a more open platform, but what is the appeal of codeburg over github?

EDIT: gitlab is also an option. Many companies use it internally and you can also have external accounts

I've never landed an interview or gotten a job based on LinkedIn. I think anybody who places an emphasis on that garbage is toxic and you don't want to work for them.

Honestly LinkedIn is a necessary evil. That is where people and businesses are, so that is where people and businesses go.

Yeah. I've heard certain parts of the world it's nigh impossible to get a job without LinkedIn (I believe I heard somewhere that Australia more or less requires a presence on LinkedIn in their tech industry).

While I'm aware of other platforms here in the US where you can apply for jobs online (indeed), the facebook like aspect of linkedin seems to be what makes it so appealing to recruiters and "corpos."

GitHub however does have functioning alternatives like GitLab, BitBucket and Gitea for hosting your code/projects.

Yes. The problem seems to be that recruiters associate Github with a sort of standardized representation of a programmer's portfolio projects, which is not the case. From what ive gathered, they don't necessarily even look at your projects, they just value you having a Github Profile with repos and activity? This is all anecdotal from other new devs in my network who are currently more active in the job search than I am, so I can't speak directly to how accurate this assesment is.

I do appreciate your honesty and recommendations, thanks!

Thanks for the tip! Typing in my nearest metropolitan city yields no results, sadly, but I really appreciate you bringing them up as an alternative!

This is encouraging. While I am employed at my first web development job, I was only able to secure a position there thanks to the tech lead also being my mentor. After a certain amount of time, he determined I was ready to try my hand at some actual developer work. All my work was done remotely as I moved far away from him prior to starting work.

The MVP we produced is more or less at an end, and while I've been networking as much as I can, the local developer community where I am is an hour's drive away and due to family obligations, is oftentimes hard for me to consistently coordinate.

And while I've made some connections online, they are scattered throughout the US and new to the industry as well, so our collective network is fine for sharing knowledge, it has not, as of yet, proven effective for finding those who can actually help me secure future employment or find opportunities.

As I pointed out in my original post, this is more me just trying to get advice on how to go about cultivating a career and network that doesn't rely on LinkedIn for landing opportunities. I know there isn't a one size fits all solution, but I am just reaching out to see what others recommend or to hear their experiences on how they go about landing new jobs with or without LinkedIn (obviously, if I can avoid using LinkedIn in the long term, I'd prefer that).

Thanks again for your insights thus far!

A personal website is fine; better even. It’s a project all on its own, and you can do cool stuff with it. Show off your projects on it.

Ah, this is very encouraging. I've put a good effort into making a minimal, but aesthetically pleasing website that showcases links to the startup's website, a nonprofit Coding role I briefly held, as well as my portfolio projects. I've also put the effort into writing extensive (sometimes quite lengthy) blog posts directly on my site covering various beginner developer topics.

You can host your code on any platform that supports git, but you’ll get bonus points for using a self-hosted instance.

This is quite interesting. I've been investigating hosting my own Gitea instance on a Digital Ocean or Linode VPS for a while now, but wondered if it would be worthwhile from a career perspective.

What gives me pause is that self hosting my projects like this may make my projects less discoverable on search engines. Could you elaborate on why you (and potential employers) would assign "bonus points" for this?