Do F/OSS Contributions Make You More Marketable?

Posted by Cliff on Thursday March 3, 2005 @10:04AM from the looks-good-on-the-resume dept.

Bucking for a Raise asks: "Assuming that Free/Open Source contributions qualify as 'experience' in a professional sense, it would seem to follow that contributing would make one more marketable as an employee or contractor. Personally, I feel that I've gained invaluable experience from my contributions. However, I'm curious to know what other Slashdot readers have experienced: do potential employers/clients feel that it increases your worth? Does it depend on the visibility or perceived value of the project to which you contribute? Do the employers/clients you've seen place any value in, or even know about, F/OSS?"

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Re:Sure by Anonymous Coward · 2005-03-03 11:20 · Score: 3, Funny

I'm a web developer (PHP, primarily). Web developers get hobs based on their portfolios.

Considering one definition of hob is a small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings, I can see where PHP experience would give you some familiarity with them.