A bunch of people standing outside a room in a random order wear each either a red or a green hat. They all don't like each other (i.e., they don't talk to each other or communicate in any way), and each person can't see what hat he himself wears.
They managed to stand inside the room in a line, so that one side of the line is the people with the green hat, and the other is the people with the red hat: GGRRRRRGRRGGGGRGGGRR --> GGGGGGGGGGRRRRRRRRRR
How did they do that?
ahh, don't complain. contributing to open source is not about the money, it's about the knowledge.
not all smart guys (i.e. those who contributed to open source enough to know alot) get hired by google, but when you go to an interview -- you've got lots of bonus points if you show good work of yours in an open source project.
Who said open source doesn't pay?
This is just another evidence that it pays to participate in the open source community, and to contribute code and knowledge.
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A bunch of people standing outside a room in a random order wear each either a red or a green hat. They all don't like each other (i.e., they don't talk to each other or communicate in any way), and each person can't see what hat he himself wears. They managed to stand inside the room in a line, so that one side of the line is the people with the green hat, and the other is the people with the red hat: GGRRRRRGRRGGGGRGGGRR --> GGGGGGGGGGRRRRRRRRRR How did they do that?
ahh, don't complain. contributing to open source is not about the money, it's about the knowledge.
not all smart guys (i.e. those who contributed to open source enough to know alot) get hired by google, but when you go to an interview -- you've got lots of bonus points if you show good work of yours in an open source project.
Who said open source doesn't pay? This is just another evidence that it pays to participate in the open source community, and to contribute code and knowledge.
Congratulations to all who pushed for the right (left) decision. The battle is over, however the war is not. Cheers!