How to become successful Rubyist

Re:How to become successful Rubyist by delano on Wednesday May 26, 2010 @11:56AM (#1380575)

So many folks suggest "If you don't have anything you can show, start by contributing to OSS work!" that I sort of have the urge to be contrarian

Many interesting companies prefer to hire (and in some cases hire only) people who have or have contributed to opensource projects.

By all means, write OSS. Get paid to do it, though.

Is it really that bad to work on opensource software solely because you want to? Do we really need to get paid for everything we do?

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Re:How to become successful Rubyist by gloob on Wednesday May 26, 2010 @12:06PM (#1380600)

Is it really that bad to work on opensource software solely because you want to?

Of course not. But there's a difference between "I work on OSS because I want to" and "I work on OSS because someone said I should". I believe patio11 is speaking about the latter, mostly.

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Re:How to become successful Rubyist by patio11 on Wednesday May 26, 2010 @08:11PM (#1382225)

Do we really need to get paid for everything we do?

I really think we should get paid for everything we do for for-profit companies. And if someone at a for-profit company is saying "We'll hire you, but only after you've 'paid your dues' by giving us labor for free", they do not have your best interests at heart.

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