Why should they consider exploring career options in open source?
Working with open source projects means that you’ll always be on the cutting edge of using new technologies. You’ll find this is good for your resume. But doing Free Software is volunteer work – you get to pick your own projects based on what you are interested in. So take advantage of that and follow your interests. Meet as many people as you can. You’ll find it might turn into paid work, either in or outside of open source. People are one of the strong points. In a large project like KDE, you’ll find people from all over the world. It’s neat to be able to say that you know someone from Iran, and to get an eyewitness account of current events there. And it’s fun to travel to conferences. I’ve met all kinds of great folks, and some have turned into close friends. • Akademy 2010 Dates Announced The representatives visited the Openmind Conference as part of the trip, which gave them a chance to find out about FLOSS in Finland and to meet and talk with government representatives and peopl
