I think there are a lot of “tech schools” overseas that require students to show proof of contribution to open source.

jimbokun 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

It would be wonderful if the instructors at those schools built relationships with open source maintainers and the maintainers knew when their students were submitting PRs.

Could be used as a teaching experience that many maintainers would be happy to participate in, instead of feeling attacked with random low quality PRs.

	▲	tokioyoyo 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		You might be underestimating the number of little schools, and computer shops. I can recall even back in 2005, there were HTML shops popping up here and there, in little cities around the world.

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dkdbejwi383 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Open source contributions being a great way to learn and to pad out your CV has been considered good advice on all sides of the various seas I’ve lived throughout my career too - it’s not just a dubious code camp thing.

	▲	cheald 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		A robust open source profile is my single favorite hiring profile indicator. However, with the current state of things, if I get a whiff of AI-driven "contribution" it becomes an instant black mark against the candidate.

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pengaru 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

it's externalizing the real work all the way down