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Ask Slashdot: Where Are the Open Source Jobs?

Posted by timothy on Thursday February 9, 2012 @05:20AM from the employment-wants-to-be-free dept.

stry_cat writes "My company has bought into the FUD and is going 100% Microsoft. Rather than work in this environment and be continuously at odds with upper management, I have decided to seek employment elsewhere. Where do I look for an open source job? I've started with the local paper's Sunday classifieds. I've looked on dice.com and monster.com. However almost all are Microsoft related. The few that aren't are some sort of dinky contract or temp job. So is there a place to find a job in an open source environment?"

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Where are the open source jobs? by Johnny5000 · 2012-02-09 05:23 · Score: 3, Funny

Why, there are plenty of open source jobs! Just last week I started working in Happy-Land, in a gumdrop house on Lollipop Lane!
Come join me, and bring your friends. We're having a tea party later.

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Re:All around...oh, wait, you mean the PAYING ones by Anonymous Coward · 2012-02-09 05:25 · Score: 3, Funny

I would rather eat glass while being raped by an angry Mike Tyson on top of a pyre of burning feces than to ever have to deal with it again.
That can be arranged.
Re:You're a douche by Tsingi · 2012-02-09 05:35 · Score: 1, Funny

Hi! Skilled people can find jobs. If you can't find one, it's because you suck, you're not trying or you have unreasonable expectations.
Have a nice day.
Nice post. Asshole.
Re:Ever been to Singapore by GameboyRMH · 2012-02-09 07:23 · Score: 3, Funny

One where you won't get the death penalty for drug trafficking, where you don't have to get a permit to protest, where you won't get your ass fined off for minor littering, and where there is freedom of religion for starters?

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Re:The difference is degree by Jah-Wren+Ryel · 2012-02-09 07:23 · Score: 4, Funny

Any person using FTFY or editing my postings agrees to receive a US$50.00 gift from me

FTFY

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Re:All around...oh, wait, you mean the PAYING ones by rk · 2012-02-09 12:11 · Score: 4, Funny

That would be called "ADD 1 TO COBOL".