Again, Hacktoberfest is an example of a low quality programme which the bar is lowered on purpose to encourage trash contributions.
You would not be looking for "contributions" that have "edited README" or "fixed typo" in them, which these are examples of non-functional changes.
It is SWEs that have evidence of significant functional changes throughout a high profile open-source project (like Linux, Chromium) with extensive code-reviews and / or have core-contributor roles which is the bar that should be set.
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Again, Hacktoberfest is an example of a low quality programme which the bar is lowered on purpose to encourage trash contributions.
You would not be looking for "contributions" that have "edited README" or "fixed typo" in them, which these are examples of non-functional changes.
It is SWEs that have evidence of significant functional changes throughout a high profile open-source project (like Linux, Chromium) with extensive code-reviews and / or have core-contributor roles which is the bar that should be set.