+++ Bhavani Shankar R [2007-10-31 13:29:13]: > Not at all.. See one thing i have observed while i go to a talk is mainly > students ask whether there is recognition if we do something for the community > without having a page which describes the team participation and sort of > stuff?
The FOSS world is a meritocracy you are have to prove yourself by your actions and work. Websites, Forums and Announcements/Publicity are secondary to actual programming/code contribution/releases. Whereas in the world of proprietary software, it's the exact opposite you first have the website and publicity in place.. the software comes last. You are going about it in the exact wrong order. You want a page with your name on it, even before you have actually contributed anything! Which is not the way things work in the FOSS world. You claimed that the Ubuntu-Bangalore team was about kannada localisation efforts. Your total contribution to the kannada localisation effort is "One Word" according to launchpad. https://translations.edge.launchpad.net/~bhavi/ Just about every single person listed here https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu/gutsy/+lang/kn has contributed more to the Kannada localisation effort than you. Why should they be willing to work under you, when they have clearly more experience and proven contributions ? (BTW Sticking with translations, "Google Earth" would translated to "Google Prithvi" and not "Google Duniya" , Duniya = World. And your french translations have glaring mistakes which stick out to native french speakers. Avoid contributing translations in languages you aren't fluent in.) If you see a problem with how the localisation team is going about their work, join the team and help them work better. Nobody here is claiming that they are perfect. And are more than willing to change the way things work if shown a more efficient/beneficial way of doing things. > (I mean contributing locally) because of the fact that many engineering > students will have on campus placements and there the people who come as > interviewers ask for proof of contribution if he/she has done so... Proof of contribution doesn't necessarily have to be your name on the wall. A mother doesn't maintain a log about everything she's done for her child to prove that she's contributed to her children's development. If you are proven contributor, even if your name isn't listed anywhere the senior/active members of the project will know who you are and they will be more than happy to be a referee you can list on your resume. If you are looking for a job that is related to Linux/open source in India you are missing the point that most of the members on this and other lists are already working in those companies. And if you came across as a "doer of things" and one who walks the walk and doesn't just talk the talk they would be more than happy to recommend you for a job in their own company. (Actions speak louder than words... and all we have seen from you so far is words) I'm sure there are enough people here who would tell you that they have landed jobs that way, because someone in the community noticed their work. Kingsly -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kingsly At Users Dot SourceForge Dot Net -- http://kingsly.org/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
