I got into my high-tech career by answering a job ad at my university for a student computer workshop instructor. Due to my own fascination with technology, I knew enough about basic computing to teach anyone how to use them. I started as a student employee, and worked my way up to teaching Unix courses, networking courses, etc. I changed my major to computer science and my next job was straight into the corporate high-tech world. It's worked out very well for me so far.
Try looking for a similar opportunity when you get to college, or start right now by asking if you can help with your school's computer labs.
The empeg/Rio Car player is a Linux-based, HDD pullout car stereo (I've had one for years and love it). Although the product was discontinued in 2003, there are still units available on eBay and user-supported sites like riocar.org. According to the FAQ on riocar.org, there is a 3.0 beta version of the software that added.ogg support. I don't know if it's easy to find the image for the beta, but the folks in the user community are very helpful and can probably help you find it.
This post got me thinking...does Open Source need product marketing? I know that many software engineers don't get along with their marketing counterparts; but in many (if not most) cases, product marketing is necessary to shepherd technology from the early adopter and early majority markets to the mass markets.
Perhaps if more marketers were involved to answer questions about target customers, application of the technologies, ROI, and channels of distribution it might help OS gain ground in more places.
Are there other people who have tried this approach for Opern Source?
Necessary disclaimer: I'm a product marketing manager.:-)
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I got into my high-tech career by answering a job ad at my university for a student computer workshop instructor. Due to my own fascination with technology, I knew enough about basic computing to teach anyone how to use them. I started as a student employee, and worked my way up to teaching Unix courses, networking courses, etc. I changed my major to computer science and my next job was straight into the corporate high-tech world. It's worked out very well for me so far.
Try looking for a similar opportunity when you get to college, or start right now by asking if you can help with your school's computer labs.
Best of luck!
The empeg/Rio Car player is a Linux-based, HDD pullout car stereo (I've had one for years and love it). Although the product was discontinued in 2003, there are still units available on eBay and user-supported sites like riocar.org. According to the FAQ on riocar.org, there is a 3.0 beta version of the software that added .ogg support. I don't know if it's easy to find the image for the beta, but the folks in the user community are very helpful and can probably help you find it.
This post got me thinking...does Open Source need product marketing? I know that many software engineers don't get along with their marketing counterparts; but in many (if not most) cases, product marketing is necessary to shepherd technology from the early adopter and early majority markets to the mass markets.
:-)
Perhaps if more marketers were involved to answer questions about target customers, application of the technologies, ROI, and channels of distribution it might help OS gain ground in more places.
Are there other people who have tried this approach for Opern Source?
Necessary disclaimer: I'm a product marketing manager.