Many of us work on open-source projects and are not so much appreciated for it at corporate workplace. Some just say I work on this Apache project or that cool one. If the HR or tech guy likes Open Source(or knows about it! ), then you'd probably get into a good place with an attractive pay slip. If not, you're quite screwed if Open Sourced Projects are all what you've done - http://programmers.stackexchange.com/questions/8886/can-someone-find-a-job-as-a-programmer-without-an-education .
What people don't realize is contributing to Open Source projects is way more difficult than working in a closed environment. Your work is "out there" for code review and criticism. So it's gotto be good. Most open source contributors have remarkable coding standard.
"Most developers i know care about producing good code, especially then they are contributing to an open source project!"(http://edorian.posterous.com/please-ship-your-own-coding-standard-as-part).
I believe that some of us are already wondering if we can get certified "free" for the work we do in open source. Can a open source community, award certificates to a person? Is it possible for them to decide on factors like:
What is being committed by a person - Code, Test Cases, Translations, Documentation, Specifications?
How often it was done?
How many projects?
Some ideas are just bad. I wonder if this is. But it'd be stupid not to run it by Hacker News!
What people don't realize is contributing to Open Source projects is way more difficult than working in a closed environment. Your work is "out there" for code review and criticism. So it's gotto be good. Most open source contributors have remarkable coding standard.
"Most developers i know care about producing good code, especially then they are contributing to an open source project!"(http://edorian.posterous.com/please-ship-your-own-coding-standard-as-part).
I believe that some of us are already wondering if we can get certified "free" for the work we do in open source. Can a open source community, award certificates to a person? Is it possible for them to decide on factors like:
What is being committed by a person - Code, Test Cases, Translations, Documentation, Specifications? How often it was done? How many projects?
Some ideas are just bad. I wonder if this is. But it'd be stupid not to run it by Hacker News!