assaf_lavie

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   by assaf_lavie 15y ago

   It's true that you'll have more impact by contributing to a well-known project, but on the other hand the range of activities you can take part in is limited. Well-established projects usually don't call for high-level design activities - t
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   by assaf_lavie 15y ago

   Context is true. It's totally different to see someone work _with you_ on a project than to rummage around their commits to project you don't really know. The point is to see how it is to collaborate with someone, and that has to be a first
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   by assaf_lavie 15y ago

   In some countries this information turns up when you do your taxes for the end of the year. And not all job markets are as huge and "anonymous" as the U.S. job market - some (like Israel) are relatively small (a few 10ks of programmers prob
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   by assaf_lavie 15y ago

   That's why it should be a cool, fun project. It's hard for me to see how one might get exploited by contributing as much time as he wants to an open-source project. Remember, the prospective employee uses the same experience to gauge what i