On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 10:22 AM, Shakthi Kannan<[email protected]> wrote:
> If you end up with a job at a company that does proprietary work, what
> is the use of working with us here? Are the placements relevant to
> Free/Open Source work?

Working on Free software has many other benefits and does not prohibit
someone from working for a proprietary company. I personally know
quite a few people who work on Free software and do the day time job
with Microsoft or Google or even Yahoo. So both are _not_ mutually
exclusive.

http://www.tuxmaniac.com/blog/2008/11/03/foss-education-career-skill-development-the-relationship/
may help.


> Otherwise, I see that you are trying to do too many things at a time,
> and not doing justice to all. Especially, when you are new, it is
> important to focus on only one task, and do that very well.

Completely agree. Proper planning and execution is essential.

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