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How To Get Hired As An Open Source Developer

Posted by timothy on from the an-ask-slashdot-faq dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Todd Cranston-Cuebas, tech recruiter for Ticketmaster, offers insider tips and tricks for landing an open-source job -- or for recruiting new talent to your IT staff." Make yourself googleable.

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  1. Another Tip... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Learn to suck a mean dick. Most OSS 'programmers', while being flaming gay, can't suck a dick for shit.

  2. Re:Totally Offtopic - Building a Custom System by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Try www.goatse.cx it has a lot of interesting informations for newcommers.

  3. Re:People who work for Free Source shouldnt get pa by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Do you really think working for free would feed the programmers and their families?

    That's why you live in your mom's basement while you do it! Showering is optional of course.

  4. Shared political ideology, not talent, got you job by AHumbleOpinion · · Score: 2, Troll

    Because I hated Microsoft. Im not kidding. He figured that if I was smart enough to dislike Microsoft that I probably knew what I was talking about.

    You may very well be a very talented person, but your boss may be an idiot. It seems your boss hired you due to a shared political ideology. Do you think half the vocal MS haters around here could build a working non-trivial system?