So open source projects have some obvious uses:
1) getting free software
2) occupying your time with something other than watching tv
But I’ve recently been thinking about how to use open source as a career tool. I’m thinking about keeping my skills sharp and bolstering my resume by finding an open source project to contribute to. My ideal is one that’s really good, fills a useful niche, and is just on the verge of being discovered and getting big. Then I could even write a book about it (or at least some magazine articles).
Not surprisingly, I’m not the only one thinking along the career path line. Brian Fitzpatrick at OnLamp wrote an interesting post about
open source as internship
