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Open Source is Not a Career Path

Posted by samzenpus on from the you-have-to-want-it dept.

codermarc writes ""If you're getting into open source because you see it as a career path, you're doing something wrong." It's not that Linux creator Linus Torvalds thinks open-source programmers should work for peanuts (he doesn't), but rather that they should be properly motivated. Call it software with a soul, if you like. Only the truly passionate need apply."

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  1. Re:Getting into IT as a career path is stupid by Mornelithe · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    "Learnt" is fine. It's uncommon in American English, but probably the standard spelling in British English.

    Maybe you should study English a little more.

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  2. Re:Getting into IT as a career path is stupid by thrash242 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Yes, but it's only used (at least with any sort of regularity) in British English.

    Besides, I think "learnt" sounds funny, like something a hick would say, ie: "I dun learnt me some math-e-maticks in skewl!" In fact, I can't help but say it to myself in just this manner and chuckle every time I read it. *shrug*