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Re:Lessons learned from 15 years of SumatraPDF, an open sour... by zerr on Wednesday March 08, 2023 @01:16PM (#35072640)
What do you do for a living? Do your open source projects help with getting new gigs?
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Re:Lessons learned from 15 years of SumatraPDF, an open sour... by kjksf on Wednesday March 08, 2023 @02:03PM (#35073305)
Retired thanks to TSLA.

> Do your open source projects help with getting new gigs?

I think it did a bit but not as much as I think it should.

You would think seeing a proof someone can deliver a complex app by themselves would be enough to skip the coding part of the interview, but then you would be wrong.

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