I have had mostly the same experience. On the plus side: a lot of companies care about Open Source experience and are able to evaluate it. On the down side: c

I have had mostly the same experience. On the plus side: a lot of companies care about Open Source experience and are able to evaluate it. On the down side: companies who do it are still the minority, and you'll get a lot of competition from similar folks, who'll likely have written even more open source code than you did, and if they have had a real paid-for work experience will probably be preferred