We consistently hire open source contributors who contribute to the WordPress open source project. They're primarily engineers, but some have transitioned to product management (PM).
Thats great! Do you mind sharing where you work?
Ask HN: Has anyone got a job by contributing to open source projects?
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Re: Ask HN: Has anyone got a job by contributing to open source projects?
#52I started working on open source firmware: first openbios, then coreboot. The one thing that made this a job opportunity (my career is coreboot-based for about 12 years now) was that I built some rapport within the communities. These days I'm paid to work on Chrome OS firmware, which uses coreboot. Becoming the go-to person for some aspect of the project is easier for smaller projects rather than huge operations like…
As someone who would love to get into firmware development, I'd like to ask if you have insights into how possible it is to break into the field. I'm considering going back to school for a CE degree, but I've heard anecdotally that due to the small size of the subfield, it's almost impossible to get a job without being very well connected and / or from a top school
Re: Ask HN: Has anyone got a job by contributing to open source projects?
#53Origin Protocol hired several engineers that started as open-source contributors to their open source code base, one of which had no experience as a professional software developer (he was in real estate).
Re: Ask HN: Has anyone got a job by contributing to open source projects?
#54I got my last job thanks to MarkSheet [1], a free open source tutorial I published on GitHub. Now that I'm freelancing, my work on an open source CSS framework called Bulma [2] has allowed me to find clients more easily. [1]: https://marksheet.io/ [2]: https://bulma.io/
> has allowed me to find clients more easily.
and demonstrated so beautifully right here in this comment.
Re: Ask HN: Has anyone got a job by contributing to open source projects?
#55i offer paid and free mentoring (free if you work on my own projects, most of which are FOSS). i don't know if i have enough experience C++ to be a good guide for you. it depends on what you expect from a mentor. i recently worked with a student learning rust, without any rust experience on my side. i helped the student to structure the program, while they had to explain to me how certain rust constructs worked. that…
I would be Interested in getting some mentorship...I have also started to learn rust and kubernetes plus doing leetcode on the side, I also want to contribute to OS projects and have some more activity on github... I am getting a bit overwhelmed and my motivation is dwindling so I think a mentor might help. How can I contact you?
Re: Ask HN: Has anyone got a job by contributing to open source projects?
#56i offer paid and free mentoring (free if you work on my own projects, most of which are FOSS). i don't know if i have enough experience C++ to be a good guide for you. it depends on what you expect from a mentor. i recently worked with a student learning rust, without any rust experience on my side. i helped the student to structure the program, while they had to explain to me how certain rust constructs worked. that…
I would be Interested in getting some mentorship...I have also started to learn rust and kubernetes plus doing leetcode on the side, I also want to contribute to OS projects and have some more activity on github... I am getting a bit overwhelmed and my motivation is dwindling so I think a mentor might help. How can I contact you?
being overwhelmed and loosing motivation are good reasons to work with a mentor.
i have added my email address to my profile.
i am looking forward to talk to you.