[ehnto]

In Australia, and I concur. No one expects you to have OSS contributions and it's enough to have work experience.

Thank goodness. I didn't spend all these years working for it to be ignored in favour of a few hours a month patching people's shit for free. My work experience is also 9-5 week after week of solving real business problems, which can be messy and requires pragmatism. Just working on OSS doesn't prepare you for work, it's a great start, but OSS projects are often very clinical, perfectionist and academic. Work has messy business requirements, legacy code and the need to deliver good work in a timely manner.

If I had to start as a new developer again, I would still just do pet projects, not OSS. You can be very targeted in your demonstration of skill with a pet project intended to get you a job.