Ask HN: How to get hired by GitHub?

Hey, for the last few years I've had the self-imposed goal of landing a job at GitHub as a UX Engineer.

Any advice, maybe from someone who's actually made it?

This is what I tried, so far:

I'm constantly refining my LinkedIn profile and CV/Resume

I participate in Open Source since 1998 and I have a fairly active GitHub profile, with some contributions to major and minor projects.

I submitted a total of 10~ applications for a number of open positions: Technical Supportocat, Front End developer, Product Help writer...

The idea was to get in with one of the things I can actually do for a living, then try to switch to my top specialization.

I also tried the direct approach of sharing my thoughts about their home page: http://www.williamghelfi.com/blog/2015/06/04/github-home-redux/

The best result I was able to get: a written test about system and network administration, for a position in Technical Support for GitHub Enterprise. (I failed)

Lately, except for the automated "thank you, we'll get in touch"-ish email, they seem to have stopped even replying to my applications for their open positions (I don't know, maybe some sort of blocking has been put in place).