The latest articles on DEV Community by Cátia Rodrigues (@vegangirlwhocodes). https://dev.to/vegangirlwhocodes https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F66893%2Fb38eb3fe-6e18-4511-8531-357a2ceabe26.jpg https://dev.to/vegangirlwhocodes en Cátia Rodrigues Thu, 10 Dec 2020 18:22:27 +0000 https://dev.to/vegangirlwhocodes/github-how-to-add-an-about-me-section-in-your-github-profile-2g44 https://dev.to/vegangirlwhocodes/github-how-to-add-an-about-me-section-in-your-github-profile-2g44 <p>Hello everyone, how is it going?</p> <p>Today I want to show you how you can quickly add an about me section, or simply just a section where you can write whatever you like, on your GitHub profile.</p> <p>You may have seen this on other profiles and it's a great idea to highlight some information about yourself or what you've been working on lately.</p> <p>You can also use it to specify what kind of projects you want to collaborate with or if you are looking for a job you could use this space for something creative.</p> <p>So let's get to it.</p> <p>If you're like me and rather watch a video, here's one of me explaining how to create it:</p> <p><iframe width="710" height="399" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/b2a_45FeiUE"> </iframe> </p> <p>If you're more of a reading person, here's how:</p> <ol> <li>Go to your GitHub page. - If you don't have an account, please create it first</li> <li>Create e new repository by clicking on the "+" bottom on the top navigation</li> <li>Your new repository name <strong>MUST</strong> be the same as your username for this to work</li> <li>As soon as you write the repository name correctly a warning will show up stating that you just discovered a special repository 🎉 🎉</li> <li>You'll need to set the repository as <strong>public</strong> </li> <li>Check <strong>Add a README file</strong> option</li> <li>Click <strong>Create Repository</strong> </li> </ol> <p>That's it. If you navigate to your profile page, the new section is already visible!</p> <p>If you're out of ideias on what to write there, here's a post with a lot of examples!<br> </p> <div class="ltag__link"> <a href="/trinwin" class="ltag__link__link"> <div class="ltag__link__pic"> <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--C1F6GjDt--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_880/https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--j2E_kbVT--/c_fill%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Ch_150%2Cq_auto%2Cw_150/https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/user/profile_image/424933/4b690055-af74-4502-aff1-fb96fb5c1dce.jpg" alt="trinwin image"> </div> </a> <a href="/trinwin/share-your-github-profile-readme-51eo" class="ltag__link__link"> <div class="ltag__link__content"> <h2>Share your Github Profile Readme</h2> <h3>Trinity Nguyen ・ Aug 22 ・ 1 min read</h3> <div class="ltag__link__taglist"> <span class="ltag__link__tag">#github</span> <span class="ltag__link__tag">#beginners</span> <span class="ltag__link__tag">#git</span> <span class="ltag__link__tag">#discuss</span> </div> </div> </a> </div> github tips webdev