--- Linas Vepstas <linas at austin.ibm.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 14, 2006 at 06:21:00PM +0200, Wolfgang Denk wrote: > > > > > Should I post our embedded PPC kernel related work > openings here? > > > > NO!!! > > > > This is a technical discussion group. Job offerings, > commercial ads > > and all this stuff is off topic here. Please re-read the > list info at > > https://ozlabs.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxppc-embedded resp. > -dev > > > > It says: "...discussions/patches should pertain to > software > > development for the kernel core ppc32 embedded processor > support and > > any driver/chip/board support for ppc32 based embedded > systems." > > > > "Software development". This does not allow for job offers, > ads or > > other crap. > > I respectfully disagree. There may well be people who would > rather > work on PowerPC Linux kernels more than any other thing in the > world, > and it is entirely appropriate for job openings for PowerPC > Linux kernel > programmers to be posted here. > > Much as I would like to be, and not for lack of trying, > indpendently > wealthy off some dot-com IPO, so that I may code on whatever I > wished, > I have, in fact, failed at this, and must stick to actual > employment > to feed, cloth and educate my family. I am not alone. > > There is a long precedent for this in academic societies, and > you will > find job postings in Nature, Science, Physics Today and > American > Mathematical Monthly. Frankly, there simply are not so many > job > opporunities that we, much like engineers and scientists in > general, > can afford to thumb our noses at them. > > If you in fact are especially fortunate, then perhaps you > could > mentor someone younger: someone who is hot, smart, and fresh > out of > college, a good talent, who has contributed good patches, but > is now > faced with the need to find rent and beer money. What advice > can you > give them, "tough luck Squidward, go work at the Krusty Krab?" > > --linas/ozlabs.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxppc-dev Maybe you should stand on a corner with a sign that says: "Will code for food"... > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
