u/No-Butterscotch5467 wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
Lots of things I very much disagree with from this post. First off, as a hiring manager, I absolutely look at the code and that is 99% of the reason most bootcamp grads don’t even get an interview. I have almost never seen a bootcamp portfolio project that includes a single test,
u/michaelnovati replied · ★ FEATURED
I agree more with this view than the OP as well. Codesmith has a very heavy emphasis on open source projects but for Codesmith students, I've looked through the code for 10 or so OSPs and these don't qualify as the open source commitments this commenter is mentioning. Codesmith OSPs are of the quality level of any other group bootcamp projects, sometimes better, sometimes worse. Significantly below the standard of true open source software. Look for projects with a lot of usage, lots of documentation (sometimes more than the code itself as it's critical for open source), well thought out processes for reporting bugs and making contributions (not a sentence but a whole process), and look for projects with paid contributors on them (via their companies or because the project is run by a funded company). MUI is a good one with lots of opportunity if you like React.