On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 11:26 PM, Sean Corfield wrote: > > Yup, I'll second that. If you contribute to an open source project, > you have a traceable footprint on the 'net and your capabilities can > be examined. When I'm an employer interviewing people, I Google them > to see what they've done publicly...
Rut-roh. Look man, I can explain! I had been drinking, you see, and the re-factor seemed like a really good idea, you know? Heh. These new deals, where you get "cred" for answering questions and whatnot are interesting too. Feels sorta like whoring tho. I'm enough of a whore at my day job. I don't do what I do to score points. Not /those/ kinds of points. I'm at a whole 'nuther level. :) LOL. Ah yeah. Besides being a great place to say, "look what was done", open source projects are a great place to say "so that's how it was done". The cleaner and clearer and more organized you can be, the better. Not just because it looks good, but because things actually function better that way. It's easier for people to contribute, etc.. Open source teaches a lot, it's like the cyber street. You can lean stuff you'd never learn elsewhere, but you can also die out there. Some dude had this funny view of open source: that it was survival of the fittest, and a battle of sorts. If people doing the same stuff don't want to team up, crush them. And I can see that side of open source too, but it seems a sad perspective. Although "crush them" just sounds freaking fun, doesn't it? Anyways, I guess I think that it's pretty cool that people can be judged by their work so easy these days. That's something that always pissed me off growing up- how hard that was to do, when it seemed so logical. Probably always be a good bit of "who you know" tho, as that's sorta fundamental. Eh. Anywhoo, I'll wind up this winding missive by saying how stoked I am that there are open source CFML engines that are freaking sweet. It at least provides the potential of millions of contributors, which closed source simply cannot. Yes, I said "potential". I don't care that currently there may be only two... potential is power. Maybe. LOL :D3N -- The sway of alcohol over mankind is unquestionably due to its power to stimulate the mystical faculties of human nature, usually crushed to earth by the cold facts and dry criticisms of the sober hour. William James ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:333407 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
