I just read part two of this Q&A article, which also has some bearing on this audience:
> Q: Most of the jobs I've seen require 3-5 years of GIS work experience to > apply. How do I get those first 3-5 years? > A: Direct contact with potential employers and internship opportunities. Hey, kids: hanging out in the open source ecosystem is also a great way to get experience! I would love to see new college grad resumes that list a whole bunch of classes BUT also include lines like "the X project website contains two tutorials I wrote" or "submitted a patch to the X project which was included in their 1.2 release". -mpg > -----Original Message----- > From: discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org [mailto:discuss- > boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Michael P. Gerlek > Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2010 2:25 PM > To: OSGeo Discussions (discuss@lists.osgeo.org) > Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] "GRASS not in demand, says PennState" > > Directions Magazine just published a Q&A about the state of geospatial jobs > and occupations with some folks from Penn State in which this question > appeared: > > > Are you seeing positions requiring knowledge of open source software > such as GRASS? > > Two of the panelists answered. One said > > > More generally, the ability to create custom software solutions - whether > proprietary or open source or a combination of the two - is in high demand. > > which is a good, healthy response. But the other said > > > Not seeing positions posted with GRASS. > > which is disappointing of course, but probably not surprising. Would have > been interesting to see if any other open source keywords (qgis? > mapserver? Osm?) ever got any hits with them. > > > http://www.directionsmag.com/articles/geospatial-occupations-qa-part-one > > -mpg > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
