I think the takeaway is that he showed them a complete product, rather than a pile of schematics.
Looking through Github accounts is extremely tedious and boring. On most profiles I’ve seen it‘s hard to tell what all the repos are about, and what the important stuff is.
So if you‘ve made something awesome, you need to market it a bit.
Don‘t point people to your Github account.
Point them to the project website, where they see a screenshot or a demo video, a short, easy to grasp description of your thing, and some impressive stats of your choice that convinces everyone that this project is brilliant.
And make sure the project page also prominently credits you as the author!
Looking through Github accounts is extremely tedious and boring. On most profiles I’ve seen it‘s hard to tell what all the repos are about, and what the important stuff is.
So if you‘ve made something awesome, you need to market it a bit.
Don‘t point people to your Github account.
Point them to the project website, where they see a screenshot or a demo video, a short, easy to grasp description of your thing, and some impressive stats of your choice that convinces everyone that this project is brilliant.
And make sure the project page also prominently credits you as the author!