From: Farley Flud <ff@linux.rocks>
Subject: Re: For The Gamers
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On Sat, 11 Jan 2025 17:47:28 -0600, chrisv wrote:

> 
> Yeah, having a job that is actually fun is "the dream" that not many
> people get to live. 
>

If you want to have fun with programming then start your own FOSS project.
You will get to work on something that you enjoy as well as provide the
world with something useful.

Be sure to publish on GitLab or equivalents.  IOW stay off GitHub.

You may even attract other contributors.

I have a couple of software projects (all C of course) that are
waiting in the wings.

But the code has to be more than good.  It has to be perfect.  Unlike
the sloppy work that is usually performed in some grubbing corp,
where incompetence can easily be buried, the eyes of the world will
be upon you.


-- 
Systemd: solving all the problems that you never knew you had.