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> Do that many people write OSS code just to get hired? No, I meant that in the past, it was a significant incentive to release code that you were already work
by quadrifoliate 5y ago
> Do that many people write OSS code just to get hired?
No, I meant that in the past, it was a significant incentive to release code that you were already working on for a company or product as FOSS, i.e. "Even if this company or job doesn't work out, the open-sourced code is a good way to demonstrate my technical capability". I am talking real, commercially capable tools.
I would say that not too many people wrote OSS code to get hired, but a high number of people might have open-sourced existing code on the basis that it might help them get hired some day. If you haven't tried to build a company or product based on your code, then this wouldn't apply to you (unlike the Kreya devs).