Hiring managers advise job seekers to contribute to open-source projects

Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Tuesday 11th of February 2014 06:48:37 PM Filed under

Contributing to open-source projects can give software developers an edge over other applicants in the competitive IT job market, say hiring professionals.

“The phrase we use is ‘code is the new resume,’” said Jim Zemlin, executive director at The Linux Foundation. “Open source has truly become a juggernaut as of late. Within the last five years in particular it’s just become the dominant form of development.”