[irf1]

Open source contribution history and interviewing with paid projects. See https://algora.io

[scarface_74]

No, I don’t write one line of code that I don’t get paid for - ie random open source contributions.

[palata]

You can be paid for open source contributions, sometimes.

[scarface_74]

I did. I contributed to a popular official open source “AWS Solution” while working there. But this is about people who are looking for jobs.

[palata]

So that open source contribution can be part of your CV when looking for a job, right?

I guess what I'm trying to say is that employees should try to get open source contributions as part of their job. Either by open sourcing a component or by contributing to projects on which the company depends.

[investa]

Yuk so you are judged on volunteer work. While the execs... aren't.

[bnchrch]

Don't try and fight reality. You'll just end up tired, frustrated, and in the exact same spot years later.

[investa]

It ain't my reality. I get work without doing freebies.

[bdangubic]

until you don’t…

[scarface_74]

28 years, 10 jobs, including one at BigTech. I’ve never written one line of code that I haven’t been paid for since a year before graduating from college - in 1995.

[bdangubic]

with that much experience you should consider volunteering you services to good causes, no money, but you’ll feel good. I am similar in years and have written probably six-digit lines of code I haven’t been paid for.