Read this Storify @trodrigues put together about the industry expectation that people contribute to OSS. storify.com/trodrigues/why-i…
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OSS culture is exclusionary, and contribution is privileged. As a result, diversity in OSS is significantly worse than tech as a whole.
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Ergo, an expectation that applicants contribute to OSS will compound your organisation’s existing diversity problem.
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@janl All of this is true for a degree as well. And for work experience.
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@janl of these three, OSS is probably the one with the fewest obstacles, and therefore a useful criterion

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.@stilkov @janl And lately, with all these arguments, people seem to have lost the ability to differentiate. It's always black or white.
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@klimpong @stilkov this is not about bad-mouthing Open Source, but making it better.
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.@stilkov @janl +1. Maybe I expect others to do what we do: do OSS on company time. The notion that all of OSS is crap^W^hostile puzzles me.