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> Everyone wants to be the master architect of the groundbreaking new framework in the hip new language. Especially considering that more and more companies ar
by clifanatic 10y ago
> Everyone wants to be the master architect of the groundbreaking new framework in the hip new language.
Especially considering that more and more companies are (trying to) use this as a prerequisite for finding any paid work. I can't find the link, but I remember reading a writeup from a startup whose hiring manager required a couple of pull requests from well-known open source software as part of the interview process. This wasn't Facebook or Google, either, just another no-name startup.
- bartread 10y agoI've seen this, and it's a ridiculous pre-requisite. If I'm going to work on side projects they need to be things I find interesting, and that I'm willing (and able) to work on when I'm tired/hungry/cranky/otherwise worn out at the end of a day of paid work... which pretty much means they need to be my side projects, rather than dull PRs on some OSS uber-project where I maybe have to deal with a load of politics, jump through a load of hoops, or perhaps the barrier to entry for useful contribution is too high (e.g., due to project complexity).