[eric1293]

Open source is a two edge sword. If developers voluntarily contribute to the projects, it could be positive.

But increasingly it's becoming a source of cheap labor. It used to be that you get a college degree and start a job. Now you need years of schooling, unpaid internships, postdoc and unpaid scientific contributions, an extensive GitHub page with open source contributions, etc to get the same job. The competition for better CVs will push individuals towards taking years of unpaid jobs against their will, which is negative.

[ketzo]

I get that expectations have changed, but I have lots of friends graduating with a Computer Science BS, with nothing on their githubs, who do well on their interviews and get entry-level positions making six figures.

Edited: And no one I know does unpaid internships -- most CS majors are making $20-40+/hr over the summer of their second or third years in college.

[alex4864]

I graduate this May with a CS degree, that about mirrors my experiences. The vast majority of competent and even semi-competent students have no problems getting good paying internships, and jobs out of college. I appreciate that unpaid internships are a really bad situation in some fields, but fortunately CS is pretty lucrative right now.