[Ilugc] FOSS - for making MONEY
- From: technocraze@xxxxxxxxx (senthilraja P)
- Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2011 09:47:45 +0530
On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 8:10 PM, Chandrashekar Babu
<lug at chandrashekar.info>wrote:
Hi,
> Can someone give a few *examples* of *how FOSS could be used
> to earn a living* - in addition to setting up computer labs &
> developing applications using FOSS.
FOSS Training, Consulting and Deployment are good
money-spinners to start off with - in my opinion. I've
been earning and making a living out of them for the last
8 years (after I quit my last job sometime in 2002).
Excellent.. i too heard from my friend that many take up freelancing in just
PHP itself and earning more than what they do in Office..
Unless you are an idealist saint like RMS, you'll need money,
and to earn money - you need a decent job first, and to
get a decent job, you need a nice "IT" graduation tag to
begin with - this has been the easiest mantra since the
mid '90s.
Is IT graduation really necessary to take up Open Source Jobs?
Today, so many Engineering Graduates are passing out of college, left in the
dark, without knowing what to do. We need to guide them about these
freelancing options, and to update their required skillset. I dont know if
such self-enterpreneurship guidance is given in FOSS workshops conducted in
colleges. If NOT, we should include that, which will give confidence to the
students..
Any thoughts?
Regards,
Senthil
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