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Beyond egoboo

"But both Hatch and Sitaram agree that contributing to open source is one of the best ways to land a job in software. “It makes it easier to hire technical talent,” Hatch says. “You can see how someone’s evolved — or not evolved — as a developer. We’re extremely wary of hiring people who haven’t contributed to open source.”"

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