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Re:The Internet Relies on People Working for Free by hartator on Tuesday September 17, 2019 @03:39PM (#20999253)
> I think that no potential or current employer has ever given a rat's ass about open source contributions, and do not consider that work as valuable when making hiring decisions.

We do care. We're hiring for backend engineers. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20871478

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Re:The Internet Relies on People Working for Free by wvenable on Tuesday September 17, 2019 @03:58PM (#20999428)
I hope you take it with a grain of salt. I've developed huge systems for my employers that aren't open source and my own open source contributions are nothing like my work (by design).
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