Is there something similar that's just about contributing to companies' open source software? I like helping out projects while also gaining some experience, but most FOSS software has a cookie-licking issue.
I've contributed to Tweede Golf before and that was a very pleasant experience, I can't imagine they're in the minority here.
Happy to see that this lists jobs that seem to be truly dedicated to FOSS (even if the listings are limited).
One word of caution (from personal experience) to anyone dreaming of getting paid to work on OSS: be very, very skeptical of any VC funded startup whose flagship "product" is OSS. Regardless of the public messaging, you'll likely see: resources continually pulled, features intentionally withheld to make the private offering more competitive, community needs de-prioritized, etc. On top of that, "bait-and-switch" job offers were very common in my experience; promises of living the dream getting paid to work on OSS only to be transferred to an internal, commercial team a week later.
I'm sure there are exceptions to this, but, especially for less well established companies in the OSS space, caution is advised.
It's very difficult to find open source jobs otherwise.
An improvement I'd like to see to Fossjobs.net is a field for "open communication" too. Sometimes open source software doesn't actually imply open source communication or development in the open. AKA Android. And it would be nice to be able to see if the company or organization embraces open communication and or open development.
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[ 2.7 ms ] story [ 35.2 ms ] threadAs people who want to work we should just reject using pages like this, as this favours only employers.
wtf do they mean by "all genders"? Just write Senior Software Engineer, that is genderless by default?
https://github.com/fossjobs/fossjobs/wiki/resources
I've contributed to Tweede Golf before and that was a very pleasant experience, I can't imagine they're in the minority here.
One word of caution (from personal experience) to anyone dreaming of getting paid to work on OSS: be very, very skeptical of any VC funded startup whose flagship "product" is OSS. Regardless of the public messaging, you'll likely see: resources continually pulled, features intentionally withheld to make the private offering more competitive, community needs de-prioritized, etc. On top of that, "bait-and-switch" job offers were very common in my experience; promises of living the dream getting paid to work on OSS only to be transferred to an internal, commercial team a week later.
I'm sure there are exceptions to this, but, especially for less well established companies in the OSS space, caution is advised.
It's very difficult to find open source jobs otherwise.
An improvement I'd like to see to Fossjobs.net is a field for "open communication" too. Sometimes open source software doesn't actually imply open source communication or development in the open. AKA Android. And it would be nice to be able to see if the company or organization embraces open communication and or open development.