As someone who is about to reenter the job search after 7 years at my current place, this resonates with me. 7 years ago I was young, carefree, and had a lot of free time. I spent a good deal of that time coding and releasing code because I could and I enjoyed it.

Now I've spent 7 years building a great product, accomplished more than I could have imagined, learned much more than I thought I had left to learn, and am generally happy with what I've done and the decisions I've made. However, in the meantime life has moved on. I feel like I have a lot to offer, however I feel totally out of place when looking for jobs.

The details why I haven't been able to code as much as I used to, or why I haven't been able to release what I have coded are not that important. That's just the way it is right now. With that in mind, it is very discouraging when most jobs expect to see my personal and professionally embarrassing github account.

I'm not complaining, it's still totally up to me to present a good resume and showcase what my strengths are, and I can do that. I've also decided to use this as motivation to learn something new, and build something with it.