Re: [ossig] OT: Job Advertisement (Mono/.NET)

[Kenneth Wong <kenneth.wong@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 2005-03-17 at 19:10 -0800, Ng Swee Meng wrote:
> just curious, what kind of skill is needed to get a
> job involved in open source, such open source
> developer?

Can't speak for the rest of the industry, only for my own company[1]. If
you want a job developing on open source systems, the requirements
aren't that incredibly different from a normal developer. The only
different requirements are that you are familiar with a different subset
of technology than the standard C#, VB or Java hacker. 

However, if you want to become a real open source developer, that's a
totally different matter. An interesting read is ESR's "How To Become a
Hacker", though don't take it as gospel. url:

http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/hacker-howto.html

Another fascinating read, though this is more related to mindset for
software engineering than open source, is the programmers stone and
difference between mappers and packers:

http://www.reciprocality.org/Reciprocality/r0/

> how many job it in this country, what kind of job is
> it?

Doubt any real stats exist. I'm also based in China at the moment, so
can't really say for sure. But every decent open source person I know,
both in Malaysia and China, is fully employed and not looking to
move[2]. The vast majority are programmers and developers but there are
security specialists, sysadmins, etc. 

Ken

[1] We value problem solving skills, willingness and ability to learn,
passion for technology and open source. Everything else, we can teach.
Any applicants with open source credits automatically gets an
interview. 

[2] If any of you _are_ looking to move, contact me :)




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