You're right, a lot of recruiters look into your GitHub and take this stuff into account. I suggest you check out First Timers Only because they have multiple websites where you can find a place to contribute as a beginner.
And I don't think you'll make it worse. One of the things that makes open source special is that we get to see different ways of thinking and approaching problems. Even if your PRs don't get merged, it doesn't mean that it was necessarily a bad approach and at the end of the day I'm pretty sure you would've learned something from it!
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You're right, a lot of recruiters look into your GitHub and take this stuff into account. I suggest you check out First Timers Only because they have multiple websites where you can find a place to contribute as a beginner.
And I don't think you'll make it worse. One of the things that makes open source special is that we get to see different ways of thinking and approaching problems. Even if your PRs don't get merged, it doesn't mean that it was necessarily a bad approach and at the end of the day I'm pretty sure you would've learned something from it!