On Tue, Aug 5, 2014 at 5:21 PM, Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, 5 Aug 2014, Nick Krause wrote: > >> I want to help and improve the code plus get a code [sic] doing >> kernel development. > > *sigh* ... assuming you mean you want a *job* doing kernel > development, you may have already screwed yourself royally. > > it's obvious you want to get *some* kind of patches into the kernel, > just so you can say, "see? i patched the linux kernel!" what you > clearly don't understand is the unintended consequences of your > scattershot patching attempts. > > while prospective employers will certainly want to know what you've > contributed to the kernel, they will also simply google on your name > with respect to the kernel, and *that*, my boy, is where you are quite > simply f**ked. > > i googled on the words "nick krause linux kernel" (which is what any > minimally competent employer would do), and on the very first page of > results was this: > > http://www.themukt.com/2014/08/04/someone-trolling-linux-kernel-mailing-lists-really-hard/ > > what that page tells prospective employers is that you are in over > your head, you don't listen to advice, and you have very bad work > habits. > > regardless of whatever you do from now on, given your online > reputation that any employer will certainly find, you may have already > made yourself unemployable. > > rday > > -- > > ======================================================================== > Robert P. J. Day Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA > http://crashcourse.ca > > Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday > LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/rpjday > ======================================================================== > Is there any way to fix this or am I just unemployable. Cheers Nick _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
