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Originally posted by doodab View PostDoes anyone here work on open source projects?
Originally posted by doodab View PostI was thinking as a CV enhancer. Seeing as I have to read the source in lieu of a manual and occasionally fix it, I might as well get some credit for it.Originally posted by suityou01 View PostDepends. I'd put it in the same category as BCS membership. It may give you a hard on but to everyone else it just makes you look like a weirdy beardy sandal wearing code chimp.
As a war-hardened contractor, I doubt it other than as a way of highlighting how you not only used trendy-tech-X, but are expert with it.
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Originally posted by petergriffin View PostDon't quote me on that, but the only cv enhancer in the Open Source world is submitting patches to the Linux kernel. Be prepared for lots of frustration and religious wars.
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Originally posted by doodab View PostI was thinking as a CV enhancer. Seeing as I have to read the source in lieu of a manual and occasionally fix it, I might as well get some credit for it.
And don't mess with the FSF foundation, they're nutters!
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Originally posted by suityou01 View PostDepends. I'd put it in the same category as BCS membership. It may give you a hard on but to everyone else it just makes you look like a weirdy beardy sandal wearing code chimp.
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Originally posted by doodab View PostI was thinking as a CV enhancer. Seeing as I have to read the source in lieu of a manual and occasionally fix it, I might as well get some credit for it.
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I was thinking as a CV enhancer. Seeing as I have to read the source in lieu of a manual and occasionally fix it, I might as well get some credit for it.
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