Question from Quora: My boss thinks it is a bad idea to hire people who contribute to open source software. How do I convince him otherwise?
Answer from: Gil Yehuda 313 upvotes by Michael Rasmussen, Pranesh Pandurangan, Ryan Wong, (more) Don't convince him. Instead, send his rejected candidates to me. We love developers who understand open source and how to code in a community, who can contribute to other people's work, and have the confidence to write code that is good enough to publish and be scrutinized. Gil Yehuda, I run Open Source and Engineering Standards at Yahoo! -- Michael Rasmussen, Portland Oregon Be Appropriate && Follow Your Curiosity Once a year, go someplace you've never been before. ~ Dalai Lama _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug