Well I’m back and the computer is running better. Now to continue with what I was going to post.
I’ve seen a couple of articles lately on how contirbution to an open source project can and should help get you a job. I’m glad about this because I have precisely no experince yet but I am looking for an OSS project to work on (feel free to leave comments if you now of any that need help).
While the posts are from different views, one from the potential employee and the other from the potential employer, they both have a big thing in common. A candiates participation in OSS can help decide if you should hire him or not. Now I just hope that companies that I apply to feel the same.
I went through the process this summer of trying to find part-time employment doing telecommuting work and it was horrible. I sent out resumes to all the companies that had postings I was fit for and yet none of them replied. Even after sending numerous follow-up emails.
That was frustrating, mainly because I didn’t know why they didn’t want to talk to me. Did they not like the fact that I only had an Associates, that fact that I had no experience, what was it? Oh well, I hope that the next jobs I apply for take OSS participation into account.