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In Open Source, Languages Used for Web Apps Are on the Rise

We've done several posts on how open source skills can arm job seekers with valuable differentiation from the rest of the pack, and lots of support for that concept continues to arrive. From working for commercial open source companies to working on open source-focused divisions at big companies such as Google, skills with tools such as PHP, Hadoop, and open source content management system platforms can be really valuable in today's tough job market.

In this post, Drupal founder Dries Buytaert took note of the very favorable trends in the job market for people with Drupal skills. In Elance?s Online Work Index, which analyzes the hot categories for tech jobs posted on its online marketplace, PHP-related jobs held the number one spot in July (as has been true since February). Now, Black Duck software, which maintains a large knowledgebase of trends in open source usage, is out with some notable statistics about which programming languages are showing momentum in open source projects, and how they're being influenced by growth in web applications.



Chrome OS, Android, and Other Trends Boost Open Source Jobs

Last week, in a post called Open Source Skills As a Job Seeker's Key Differentiator, I provided a chart showing rapid growth in jobs available for people with open source skills for platforms such as Drupal and Joomla. The trend is up while the economy is down. We've done several other posts on how open source skills can arm a college graduate looking for tech work, or a recently laid off worker, with powerful calling cards for finding employment. That's why Glyn Moody's post today, Will Chrome OS Burnish the Open Source Jobs Market? caught my eye. He makes a number of good points, and the trend he points to is likely to spread out with several beneficial results.?


Open Source Skills As a Job Seeker's Key Differentiator

We've done several posts on how open source skills can arm a college graduate looking for tech work, or a recently laid off worker, with powerful calling cards for finding employment. From working for commercial open source companies to working on open source-focused divisions at big companies such as Yahoo!, skills with tools such as PHP, Hadoop, and open source content management system platforms can really differentiate a tech job seeker from the pack.?

TwitterJobSearch, oDesk, Elance and many other sites are good places to look for open source work. Today, I noticed this post from Dries Buytaert, founder of the Drupal open source content management system (which OStatic runs on), showing very favorable employment trends for people with Drupal skills.?



FOSS Developers: oDesk Online Staffing Marketplace Has Launched "Groups"

Many people with technical skills, including many open source developrs, use online staffing marketplace oDesk to find work on projects. Project leaders, too, use the service as a way to find developers from all around the world with targeted types of skills. Today, oDesk is launching a program called oDesk Groups, with 11 companies as initial launch partners, including Sun Microsystems, Zend, Yahoo! and Network Solutions. Among other things, Groups are targeted to allow these large tech companies to find developers and people with other types of skills who can work on their products and services. The initial partners have substantial budgets for development, and open source-focused partners Sun Microsystems and Zend may use oDesk Groups to make work available for many open source developers and experts.