[kwlug-disc] Here is another FOSS job posting board

Sat Apr 1 11:29:51 EDT 2017

I know the CEO says we're open source, but I'm not the guy to ask the
question of "how open?".  Not my department, unfortunately.  If I find
anything on this, I'll let you know.

On Sat, 1 Apr 2017 at 11:05 Andrew Sullivan Cant <acant at alumni.uwaterloo.ca>
wrote:

> Does OpenText use any FOSS software? I'm guessing that answer is yes, if
> only because it is pretty hard not to.
>
> Do they do any contributions back?
>
>
> I have started collecting people and companies that work on FOSS:
>
> http://andrewsullivancant.ca/wiki/waterloo_free_software_portal/
>
> though that is definitely still a work in progress, and does not include
> much yet. My dream goal would be to turn this into an aggregator of
> contributions, to make it easy to see who is contributing in the Region.
> With the meta-goal of making it feel more normal for companies to make
> those contributions, like all of their friends.
>
> https://www.xkcd.com/1170/.
>
> Andrew
>
> (P.S.: If anyone want to contribute information about companies and are
> using or contributing to FOSS let me know and I'lll add it to the list.)
>
>
> On 30/03/17 09:49, CrankyOldBugger wrote:
> > [insert shameless self-promotion here] ... If you guys are looking for
> > regular work in I.T., we have a decent referral program here at OpenText
> > (where I work).  Look up the jobs listing on our website
> > http://www.opentext.com/who-we-are/careers, then if you see your dream
> > job listed let me know and I can refer you in.  So you get a foot in the
> > door and I might get a buck or two, depending on the position.  The jobs
> > listing has its good days and its bad days, so check back often.
> >
> > I really like it here at OpenText.  It's a good company that takes good
> > care of its people, from what I've seen so far.  It's not true FOSS
> > compared to the rest of this conversation, but it's still a good place
> > to work.
> >
> > If I don't know you personally just let me know who in this group can
> > vouch for you and we'll go from there.
> >
> >
> > On Thu, 30 Mar 2017 at 09:21 Mark Steffen <rmarksteffen at gmail.com
> > <mailto:rmarksteffen at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> >     I think most local startups use FOSS stacks for the most part.  It's
> >     probably already been posted in the past but Communitech has a local
> >     tech jobs board (or at least they did) and, of course, there is
> >     Indeed.  Also, not a terrible idea to show up to HackerNest meetups
> >     (on meetup.com <http://meetup.com>) and do some pressing of the
> flesh.
> >
> >     *Mark Steffen*
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> >     /"Don't believe everything you read on the Internet." -Abraham
> Lincoln/
> >
> >
> >
> >     On Thu, Mar 30, 2017 at 1:25 AM, B.S. <bs27975.2 at gmail.com
> >     <mailto:bs27975.2 at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> >         Canada seems to be there ... just empty at the moment.
> >
> >         https://www.fossjobs.net/jobs-in/Canada/
> >
> >         Interesting link. I saw countries in the lower left, clicked
> >         Cameroon, then changed Cameroon to Canada in the resulting URL.
> >
> >         Didn't get a page not found, so I guess it to be a valid URL,
> >         just empty at the moment.
> >
> >
> >
> >         On 03/29/2017 07:18 PM, Andrew Sullivan Cant wrote:
> >
> >             Just in case this is useful for anyone:
> >
> >             https://www.fossjobs.net/
> >
> >             They do not seem to have a Canada or KW specific listings,
> >             but they do
> >             have a Worldwide section which seems to be remote stuff.
> >
> >             The site seems to keep around old postings, so it could be
> >             useful for
> >             finding interesting companies even if they do not have a
> >             current posting.
> >
> >
> >             Andrew
> >
> >
> >
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