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Open source contribution history and interviewing with paid projects. See https://algora.io https://algora.io
by irf1 1y ago
Open source contribution history and interviewing with paid projects.
See https://algora.io https://algora.io
- investa 1y agoYuk so you are judged on volunteer work. While the execs... aren't.
- bnchrch 1y agoDon't try and fight reality. You'll just end up tired, frustrated, and in the exact same spot years later.
- investa 1y agoIt ain't my reality. I get work without doing freebies.
- bdangubic 1y agountil you don’t…
- scarface_74 1y ago28 years, 10 jobs, including one at BigTech. I’ve never written one line of code that I haven’t been paid for since a year before graduating from college - in 1995.
- bdangubic 1y agowith that much experience you should consider volunteering you services to good causes, no money, but you’ll feel good. I am similar in years and have written probably six-digit lines of code I haven’t been paid for.
- scarface_74 1y agoI live a very commitment free life. Outside of work and my wife. Our home in Florida easily converts to a short term rental (a unit in a condotel - https://www.investopedia.com/terms/c/condotel.asp https://www.investopedia.com/terms/c/condotel.asp) when we leave for longer stints. We did the digital nomad thing for a year around the US and in the next couple of years, we plan to alternate between Panama City Panama and San Jose Costa Rica during the winter in the US - their dry season. During the summer, we might spend a month back where are friends and family are in GA. The benefit of remote work. We have experience living out of two suitcases and picking up and flying random places and staying for a few weeks.
- scarface_74 1y agoNo, I don’t write one line of code that I don’t get paid for - ie random open source contributions.
- palata 1y agoYou can be paid for open source contributions, sometimes.
- scarface_74 1y agoI did. I contributed to a popular official open source “AWS Solution” while working there. But this is about people who are looking for jobs.
- palata 1y agoSo that open source contribution can be part of your CV when looking for a job, right? I guess what I'm trying to say is that employees should try to get open source contributions as part of their job. Either by open sourcing a component or by contributing to projects on which the company depends.