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Do F/OSS Contributions Make You More Marketable?

Posted by Cliff on 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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  1. First Post by Szynaka · · Score: -1, Troll

    Yeah it's retarded

  2. re by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Makes you marketable to our 'friends' in Russia... who dispise personal property... and want to do away with America and it's glorious capitalist system.

    Maybe.

    Pinko l00sers !