Hello everybody, I'm looking for advice on making a living from working on Free Software. I already read articles, send my CV to various companies, but I found nothing. So I decided to ask here, hoping this question isn't too inappropriate for this list. I'm a software engineering student in first year (out of 4), from Israel. I've been coding in C++ using GNU and Gnome technologies, and I'm familiar with the GTK/gtkmm, libxml++, etc. I do need to refresh my knowledge of GObject, but certainly I can write code and contribute to existing projects (or work on my own project, which I've been doing for the past 9 months). The problem is that I need to make a living somehow. Not just as a student, but also later, as an engineer. I don't need much, just make a living and do what I believe in: work on free software and promote software freedom. In Israel nobody cares about free software (they call it open source, and it's just a way to save money), so after failing to find such a job here, I sent CV to companies in Europe. I realize I'm a student, I have no formal coding education, I have no proven experience (none of my code has reached the stage an initial version can compile, yet) but source files themselves... but I do want to contribute. The only reason I don't work on Gnome projects is that my free time is spent working on my own project, which will hopefully be a useful desktop app when it's ready (probably until the end of the summer). I realize all that, but I don't want to give up and accept the fact I can't do anything for free software. I do have skills, I do have knowledge. My current project has 7000 lines of code (not much for a serious project, I know, but it's a lot for me as a student working alone) written by myself from scratch, using GNU Build System, gtkmm, libxml++, libsigc++. Isn't there a way I can make a living with the skills I do have? I do want to help, and I don't need much in return, I just want to make a living. To pay my rent, to pay for my food... I'm sure my skills can be useful to someone. With a free software project. If you can help me or give advice, I'll be thankful. - AAnatoly Krasner _______________________________________________ gtk-list mailing list gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list
