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Over 10 Ways to Find Paying Work in the Open Source Arena

Despite some encouraging upticks, the economy is still suffering, and many people are out of work. This is also the time of year when new graduates from college get set to find jobs, many of them looking for tech opportunities. The good news is there are jobs available all over the open source community, and open source skills can be very valuable in a career.

As many researchers and writers have been reporting lately, the typical skills that college graduates in computer science have are so common now that differentiation makes a lot of sense. Their skills are so easily outsourced that they?re heading for near-term obsolescence, writes James Maguire. Graduates may be very well served by pursuing jobs directly inside the open source community. So how can graduates and others go about finding jobs in open source? Here is an updated set of over 10 ways we've collected.?



Laid Off? Top Ways to Find Opportunities in Open Source

Both Joe Brockmeier at ZDNet and Matt Asay at CNet have items up today about how some of the newly unemployed folks out there can benefit from FOSS contributions. While it may seem illogical that making free contributions to free products is a good idea when the pink slip pops up, they make some good arguments for how it can improve both job and pay prospects. You'll find some good ways to improve your odds here.