Some things matter more than contributing to open-source software in your free time. A lot more.

It’s trendy to ask for open-source work as evidence of your interest in tech and commitment to software development. Trendy and completely wrong. Companies should not demand open-source contributions from their employees, and beyond that, should learn to recognize that profit is not the most valuable thing in the world. People are.

Links

• Xi editor
• Rust survey
• Expecting people to do open-source work
  • Python Testing 18: Testing in Startups and Hiring Software Engineers with Joe Stump
  • Tweet about it by Joe Stump

Sponsors

• Aleksey Pirogov
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• Derek Morr
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• Pascal Hertleif
• Ralph Giles (“rillian”)
• Ralph “FriarTech” Loizzo
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• Ryan Ollos
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• William Roe

(Thanks to the couple people donating who opted out of the reward tier, as well. You know who you are!)

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Contact

• New Rustacean:
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