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title: How to get one of those Open Source jobs
osem_url: https://osem.seagl.org/conferences/seagl2016/program/proposals/227
beginning: '2016-11-11T13:00:00.000-08:00'
end: '2016-11-11T14:00:00.000-08:00'
presenters:
- name: Mark Atwood
  affiliation: Hewlett Packard Enterprise
  osem_url: https://osem.seagl.org/users/383
  gravatar_id: 22b48bdd0c2e92410de0faa953e71591
  biography: Mark Atwood is a long time participant in the open source community and
    is a regular conference speaker. Mark is the director of open source engagement
    at Hewlett Packard Enterprise. His technology interests include software infrastructure
    and tooling, open source databases, and hackerspaces. He is currently the community
    manager for the OpenSwitch Project and the project manager for the NTPsec Project.
---

Getting paid to work on open source is sometimes called “living the dream”. People with skill sets in open source development are in high demand, can have good salaries, and often can work from home, with opportunities to work with excellent coworkers, on projects they enjoy. I will present advice and lead discussion on what the necessary hard skills and social skills are, how to get them, and how to gain the necessary social proofs and reputation, and how to curate a portfolio.
