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posted by Fnord666 on Wednesday August 30 2017, @02:17AM   Printer-friendly
from the what's-in-your-github-repository? dept.

Submitted via IRC for TheMightyBuzzard

On a scale of one to five, how are your open source skills? If you picked a number below four, you might want to do something about it. According to the Linux Foundation's annual Open Source Jobs Report released on Wednesday, employment prospects for open source workers continues to rise.

Consider this: 86 percent of open source professionals believe that just knowing open source has advanced their careers, with 52 percent saying it would be easy to find another job. If that doesn't wet your whistle -- only 27 percent report not receiving a recruiting call in the past six months.

[...] Three major factors are pushing most companies' IT hiring plans, with company growth heading the list at 60 percent. After that, it's more open source specific, with 42 percent citing an increasing use of open source, followed by 30 percent who said that open source is becoming core to their IT needs.

[...] With data centers increasing their use of open source technologies, it's not surprising that a 77 percent majority of the tech professionals surveyed said the ability to architect solutions based on open source software topped the list of valuable skills. Also important: experience with open source development tools such as GitHub, and knowledge of new tools. The pros also predict that next year, employment opportunities will grow for those with skills in cloud technologies, big data and analytics, containers, and security.

Source: http://windowsitpro.com/open-source/demand-open-source-skills-continues-grow


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 30 2017, @02:43AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 30 2017, @02:43AM (#561270)

    it's not surprising that a 77 percent majority of the tech professionals surveyed said the ability to architect solutions based on open source software topped the list of valuable skills.

    You let the choice of where you store a copy of your repository determine the architecture of your solution?
    BOOM, head assploded...

    Call me back when we have reached peak-retard(*)!

    (*) I like to be left alone, I don't expect a call in the next couple of billion years.