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What the heck is "open source skills?" Creating a GitHub account and posting a pet project?

According to this article, (yes, I actually googled "what are open source skills") they are:
  1. Developers


    This could include skills like Linux, Unix, Apache, Hadoop and other open source platforms that span technology areas like software development, big data, data center technology and security.
  2. DevOps


    they are more reliant than ever on open source code and projects, and the talent to integrate it with backend cloud services, and to transform hardware-centric solutions into 'software defined' technology,
  3. Cloud Tech


    OpenStack, CloudStack and other cloud-centric technologies were cited as areas of focus by 51 percent of hiring managers surveyed.
  4. Networking


    Networking, too, is in high demand, with 21 percent of hiring managers looking for talent with those skills
  5. Storage


    he need to access data, files and information shared via networking, by multiple users from multiple locations, from shared resources in the cloud means a perfect storm of demand for distributed storage talent
And this relates to open source how? Oh yeah:


Much of the demand is driven by the fact that open source code is an integral part of today's connected digital world


OK. Finish the thought for me. Here's a hint -- it's still code and usually poorly documented apps, that requires training to become skilled at. No different than closed source, except that open source, support is worse (but you could pay for it sometimes) and the apps, dependencies, etc., are all moving targets.

Oh, and let's not forget those pesky license agreements. Laugh | :laugh:
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