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Estimate your GitHub account value

by artkulak on 12/25/23, 3:52 PM with 13 comments

  • by terminous on 12/25/23, 11:25 PM

    Without any information on how this is calculated, this is pure snake oil. Could be a RNG for all we know. Shame.
  • by lijok on 12/26/23, 1:45 AM

    Can’t wait for “must have a github account worth 20k+” to start appearing on job specs
  • by tamimio on 12/25/23, 9:03 PM

    So it’s based on contributions metric? Cool, I will automate a way to pr that fix grammar and typos in all github repos readme.md, and I’m a millionaire!!
  • by dham on 12/26/23, 3:10 AM

    I can always tell when it's a Next JS site because the enter button doesn't submit what looks like an obvious form. Not really Next's fault, per se, just the users of the framework.
  • by LorenDB on 12/25/23, 11:40 PM

    Linus Torvalds (username torvalds) is pegged at over $220k. Interesting, I'd think having the official GitHub mirror of Linux could arguably put his account worth in the millions.
  • by vietthan on 12/26/23, 1:39 AM

    found related concept, I went through about 12 before I start realizing I don't know who these people are https://wangchujiang.com/github-rank/

    facebook - 619150.1

    sindresorhus (?) - 332369.05

    torvalds - 220217.75

    openai - 194993.55

    ruanyf (?) - 150588.35

    karpathy - 125014

    bradtraversy (?) - 109041.8

    netflix - 107217.95

    JakeWharton (?) - 92770.1

    peng-zhihui (Huawei researcher?) - 88764

    tj (?) - 80875.8

    gaearon (bluesky social) - 60159.75

    apple - 58110.2

    yyx990803 (vue.js?) - 57143.55

    google - 54546.65

    gustavoguanabara (?) - 50387.35

    microsoft - 40706.3

  • by bediger4000 on 12/25/23, 3:59 PM

    NaN $ Worth. I'm crushed.
  • by siva7 on 12/25/23, 11:03 PM

    Thanks. This will help sort out all low-networth applicants
  • by orf on 12/25/23, 11:03 PM

    10k… I’d take that. It’s 3 letters, which is rare I guess?
  • by marginalia_nu on 12/26/23, 1:12 AM

    400 bucks, apparently...?