> > > > I'm looking for something else to do (note: I > > will never accept any paid > > > jobs) > > > > > > I wish I could afford to pay my bills without a > > paid job. > > > > [0] > > That's exactly the irony in it. > > Cold, hungry, unhealthy and dark irony. > > I really honestly can't figure out what you expected.
I'm not talking about MartUX. Rather about Xorg for sparc related stuff. For which I _had_ to buy all those systems (one instance per platform and per frame buffer type). Test systems are getting dusty elsewhere at *** (due to certain management's decision not to pay for any Xorg_EOL'ed_sparc_framebuffer_related work, plus widespread unwillingness to work for free on a timehungry task like that, plus lack of interest in sparc), but I had to aquire them myself by jobbing as pizza driver and other poorly paid things (because that was most flexible to do for a limited time, on demand). > You do this thing, you do it out of passion for Solaris, passion for > technology. Right, that's why I did it. And I would do it again. But some people are more equal than others (i.e. Management). That's why I bring the situation to public attention. > Someday, something might come out of it, depending on many different > things. May. Some day. Or may not. > > In the meanwhile, like you noted, you have to eat, have somewhere to > sleep, pay the bills. That's the "red pill". So, you'll need a steady paying > job Exactly. That's what was looking for. I'm not intending to ask for whatever "donation". I myself donated enough. And always made PR for Sun and Solaris, wherever I went. > by day, and you'll have to sacrifice your free time by night. That's the > curse of the passion for technology. And, for what it's worth, you won't be > alone in that. I put 14-16 hours a day in on a regular basis, every day, > seven days a week. > > Shouldn't you be able to monetize MartUX immediately by putting on your CV > that you created your own *Solaris* distribution? > > I could imagine an OpenSolaris developer like you being a better candidate > than most candidates out there wyying for a job. Well, one would have thought so. I also hold a few nice certification titles (among others, SCSysA, SCNetA, SCSecA etc.) . But when I last applied for a SUNW job (Opensource Campus Ambassador m/f at TU-Berlin), SUNW didn't even find it necessary to respond. Not at all! Nor did I ever get (whatever low-paid) halftime, whatever, job-offer from Sun. Why? Maybe because I had invested most of my time into learning Solaris, rather than University (where I still have quite a way to go). And that's the dilemma: No real thing here, no job there. But you are right, there are lots of other big iron companies. HEREBY CLOSING THIS THREAD, BECAUSE IT HAS BECOME TOO OFF-TOPIC AND PERSONAL. THANKS. -- M.Bochnig _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
