FOSSFA and InWEnt announced the vacancy for the “FOSS Certification Manager for ict@innovation”, see the job description for more information.
The contract will go from 15/2/2010 to 31/12/2010, and is renewable. Candidates should send an application before the 20th of January 2010 to Mr Frederick Yeboah secretariat[at]fossfa.net with copy to Mr George Nyambuya: george.nyambuya[at]inwent.co.za. (More …)
Olliance Group, the open source management consulting firm based in San Francisco organizing yearly the Open Source Think Tank, is growing and seeks for an Open Source Sales and Business Development Executive.
Savio Rodrigues cleaned up an old blog post retitling it after a tweet from Bob Sutor, to tell people interested in open source to not consider just Red Hat and alike, but think also go work at IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, SAP, Tibco, etc.
Many IT jobs call for open source skills, and also Matt Asay called for the shortage of open source talent. What about average salary of open source jobs?
Hi Roberto, yes, my point has always been in the battle of oss vs. commercial, the winners will be ones who replace the “vs.” with “and”.
Nokia, in order to take to the next level the Maemo platform – the open source software that powers mobile devices such as the N810 Internet Tablet – is now looking for people.
Nokia aims at extending the platform’s capabilities, also by adding a Qt-based application development environment to complement the existing GTK+. If you wish to join the Maemo SW team in Finland, India or United States take a moment to read open positions.
The Future of Mobile 2008 – The future of Mobile will take place in London next 17th & 18th November. Last year Android was just a promise, now that it has arrived in the real world I am looking forward to hear Rich Miner’s – Android’s founder and Google VP for mobile technlology – keynote
Navigating the Economic Downturn – OpenLogic’s CIO Executive Board Survey run in September 2008 shows that 59% of respondents are trying to save money by renegotiating contracts with their vendors and/or by putting all non essential projects on hold. About half of them are reducing the amount of budget they spend on consultants and travels, while “only” a quarter of them are freezing IT hiring. Maybe internal open source development is still hot? Look at the deck of slides to know attendees’ plans on open source usage
Sourceforge has 2 + 1 open positions – SourceForge’s open positions related to SourceForge.net’s Operations teams.
Jacob Moorman, the Director of Operations for SourceForge.net has two open positions on his team for Systems Programmer/Analyst II’s. These positions are open to candidates located in the United States, and the salary range for this position starts at $65K plus benefits.
Job Description:
This role will support the ongoing maintenance and improvement of the SourceForge site backend and developer services.
Fill on line form if you are interested.
is looking for Systems Programmers Analysts individuals to play pivotal roles in defining he next generation of SourceForge.net, the world’s largest Open Source software development Web site.
The GNOME Foundation – engaged to further the goal of the GNOME project to create a computing platform for use by the general public that is completely free software – hired Stormy Peters as Executive Director.
Stormy will be focusing on accelerating the adoption of GNOME desktop, working with the board of directors, to strengthen the foundation by attracting new industry members and community contributors.
Luis Villa welcoming Stormy on board said:
This is obviously a big commitment for GNOME. It has been a while since we’ve had a full-time employee, and we’ve clearly been doing pretty OK without one – we continue to have good relationships with our advisory board, we still have a strong community, and we continue to develop very strong, relevant software. So there is an obvious question of ‘why now?’ My answer is that this a time of opportunity for GNOME – we have a ton of opportunities in the mobile space; we’re starting to see Linux desktop uptake at places like Dell and Asus; and we serve an important role as a critical infrastructure provider for exciting, dynamic projects like Mozilla and OLPC.
The GNOME board felt the need to employ a professional with a proven track of record to face challenges and to pursue opportunities diversely treated by the actual organization. As result from a recent academic research, volunteers are key drivers of peripheral activities, while community-integrated paid developers have an important role in project development, maintaining the infrastructure aspects of the code base.
Attracting industry members and similar strategic tasks are not an autonomous peripheral participation, a term used to describe activities that support and complement code development within /OS projects, like translations, interface aspects visible to the user, writing, marketing and artwork.
Is Stormy Peters the right person for that job? She shared with me a little background of her.
I’ve been involved with the GNOME community for eight years now – they were my introduction into the world of open source. After my first GUADEC, I was hooked by the GNOME community’s passion and excitement about creating a free and open source desktop for all as well as an awesome development environment.
Luis Villa reporting about Stormy hiring process says very good things of her, so she is probably the most suited for such job. A tough job, requiring to accommodate pretty different needs, being even if the GNOME Foundation is a sponsored community project.
I didn’t find much about GNOME Financial information, and I asked Stormy the following question:
How does the GNOME Foundation pay your salary?
The GNOME Foundation has a number of income streams from sponsorship fees to GUADEC (their annual conference). The current funding will cover my salary, but the hope is that my involvement will increase the community and industry involvement as well.
Stormy will be creating her own job, and it is a probably a very new one.
I wish you best of luck!
Funambol – the Mobile Open Source company – few months ago started looking for a community manager, as I learned from Fabrizio Capobianco while he was in Rome to join the VentureCamp.
A couple of days later I got a phone call from my friend and fellow blogger Stefano Maffulli, asking me for Fabrizio’s email. Below the full story.
Roberto’s blog has been a kind of a Monster: a good daily read but also a way to extend the reach of a social network. When I pitched my CV to Fabrizio (Funambol’s CEO) I learned that the selection process had been going on for a while already and other candidates were being evaluated. Nonetheless I was invited to speak with Hal Steger, Funambol’s VP Marketing: I liked his attitude and he liked my multidisciplinary background (architecture, technology and the upcoming MBA). Funambol has a balanced mix of the good hacker’s culture I love and the necessary strength on financial and marketing management, something that I want to learn (and have been missing in my past work experiences).
It wasn’t a long shot after all. It will be fun to work with Funambol’s growing community and the company.
Architect Stefano Maffulli at work by Stefano Maffulli
I am glad that the time I spent sometimes collecting open positions within open source firms and jobs was of some help. Few months ago I also started to display a widget on each job posted by considerati, that I happened to get in touch with via openbusiness, but unfortunately such distributed job site had a limited success.
Stefano, are you already thinking of how to get off the best from programs like Code Sniper and Phone Sniper?
We have some ideas on what has to be improved to help Funambol’s community but we are also open to suggestions. For example, our software is in many places and it’s not easy for newcomers to find what they are looking for. I’m interested in hearing experiences of Funambol’s users with the software, the mailing lists, the repository and the company: they can come to me and I’ll help if at all possible.
Funambol’s architecture of participation welcomes small contributions, allowing individuals to more easily participate, I am looking forward to ask Stefano how is he doing in six months from now.
For the time being I wish him and Funambol all the best!
Read Stefano Maffulli‘s full profile on Linkedin.
First Pics of Bug Labs Open-Source Hardware – TechCrunch on a new open source hardware platform, by Bug Labs. Glyn Moody while thinking open source hardware is an oxymoron, enjoys the modular approach of Bug Labs platform.
Junior Telesales – Ismael Ghalimi of the office 2.0 fame invites junior to join Intalio.
Where the data does live? – John Dowdell (adobe) and Kevin Marks (google) argue about the real meaning of the Open Social Initiative (read Marc Andreessen’s post about it). If I got it right it’s a programming model, not the ultimate answer to the bill of right for users of the social web.
Linux Fundamentalism - Harry J Foxwell answers a Jon ‘Maddog’ Hall‘s rant against OpenSolaris. I look at the OpenSolaris with great interest: Solaris’s commercial partnerships make a difference. OpenOffice.org should learn from OpenSolaris.
US Government Adopting Open Source by Degrees -Â A Computerworld article, reported by Steve Holden, shows that a survey by the Federal Open Source Alliance indicates that more than half the US government’s agencies are making use of open source software.
FireGPG Version 0.4.4 – Version 0.4.4 has been just released. encrypt, decrypt, sign or verify the signature of text in any web page using GnuPG and your favorite browser.
The Mobile Open Source company Funambol, and Alfresco, the Open Source alternative for Enterprise Content Management, are both currently looking for a community manager.
Alfresco at the present stage has a Community Relations open position, while Funambol has to fill the Funambol Community Manager role.
Our Community Manager by JJay
Apparently there are no many open positions like that, looking at opensourcexperts or similar sites I didn’t find any. Despite uncommon, I think it is really wise from both of them trying to empower their communities. I think also that the Funambol community and Alfresco’s one are quite different.
Talking with Fabrizio Capobianco – Funambol CEO – while in Rome to join the VentureCamp, I happened to know about the Code Sniper and Phone Sniper programs. Besides those programs, Funambol’s architecture of participation welcomes small contributions, allowing individuals to more easily participate.
I didn’t get a chance yet to speak with Matt Asay about Alfresco’s practical approach to collaboration, but reading the two job descriptions I see a difference. Alfresco is looking for a marketing-oriented role, reporting to the Chief Marketing Officer, while Funambol’s position seems more technical.
Will you take the challenge?
Hey Roberto!
When I was Engineering Manager for SourceForge.net, I lobbied for the creation of a Community Manager position. They let me take that position, and it paid dividends almost immediately.
Community management has become a very important part of open source businesses because it provides a way for us to understand how individual contributers work, what’s important to them, and what we can do to make them happy.
Ross
Hi Ross,
nice to hear back from you!
I believe a position like yours is pretty unique, you’re a Community Manager taking care of lots of projects.
Tell us something more about your job!
Ciao,
Roberto
Thanks for sharing ! excuse my bad english i’m an fench guy. It is possible to take your post in order to translate it on my frnech blog? Thanks. Best regards
Feel free to do it, please link to the original website for reference.
Best,
Roberto
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