NICE!  Sometimes good things happen to deserving people and a good deed
goes unpunished.

On Thu, Dec 1, 2022 at 11:00 PM Steve Litt via PLUG-discuss <
plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:

> David Schwartz via PLUG-discuss said on Thu, 01 Dec 2022 19:48:59 +0000
> (UTC)
>
>
> >I’ve met a few folks who like plaing with open-source projects, but
> >none of them ever said they thought it made a difference in terms of
> >getting a job.
>
> This is an anecdote, so take it for what it's worth: A friend of mine
> is a developer supreme: He thoroughly understands algorithms, data
> structures and protocols at a deep level. He made a free software smart
> phone app and maintained it for his users. A couple years later
> WhatsApp noticed it, noticed him, invited him to California, hired him,
> and when Facebook bought WhatsApp he got a bonus at least if not more
> than sufficient for him to buy a Tesla.
>
> SteveT
>
> Steve Litt
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> http://www.troubleshooters.com/bookstore/thrive.htm
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