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Does contributing to open source projects to boost a résumé make sense?
I've only worked on commercial projects, and I'm having a hard time trying to find a project that interests me.
I'm looking at a new job soon, and I'm thinking about contributing to a few open source ...
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Resumes: Open-Source Projects, Reinventing the Wheel?
When writing a resume, should I be concerned that certain open source projects I've created might be a hindrance to me because they would be perceived as reinventing the wheel? I've created a few ...
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Should I develop a product with minimal use so I can say I developed it?
I appear to have done something wrong here, so let me try to rephrase this more simply so I stop giving the wrong impression.
I'm in the planning stages of a project right now, on my own time; I'm ...
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Do you care if the person you're interviewing owns or contributes to Open Source projects?
Do you care if the person you're interviewing has created or contributed to Open Source projects?
From the pool of people we've interview over the years at my workplace, I haven't found one person ...
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Should I include GPL'd OS Projects on my resume?
I've recently had a talk with someone about how to include open source projects on my resume. I wanted to include a project of mine where I'd invested a significant amount of code and time: ~40,000 ...
