1. Make Money Doing What You Love
Jim Salter
Technomancer, Mercenary Sysadmin, Small Business Owner
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2. Ask Questions. You don’t need to wait ‘til the end.
I’ve got 20 slides and 30 minutes: we’ve got time.
Don’t be afraid to interrupt!

3. … but don’t get hung up on degrees and certs
Stay in school kids!
… but don’t get hung up on degrees and certs

4. Break the Cycle. You don’t need the job to get the work!
You need the job to get the money.
You need the expertise to get the job.
You need the work to get the expertise.
You don’t need the job to get the work!

5. What do you love? open source is more than just “developing software”.
System administration?
Technical writing?
Graphic design?
Infosec?
… something new?

6. read. Read. READ. REEEEEAD! Books. Blogs. Sites. Social media.
EVERYBODY needs to
read.
Read.
READ REEEEEAD!
Books. Blogs. Sites. Social media.

7. write. Write. WRITE. WRIIIIIITE! your blog. medium. opensource.com.
EVERYBODY needs to
write.
Write.
WRITE WRIIIIIITE!
your blog. medium. opensource.com.

8. Friends. Meetups. User Groups. Conferences.
EVERYBODY needs to
talk.
Talk.
TALK TAAAAAAALK!
Friends. Meetups. User Groups. Conferences.

9. You encounter bugs. Yes, you do. Do something about it.
EVERYBODY needs to
File.
Bug.
Reports.
You encounter bugs. Yes, you do. Do something about it.

10. EVERYBODY needs to
Eat Your Own If what you do is awesome, why wouldn’t you use it? If you wouldn’t use it, why would anyone else?

11. Participate. EVERYBODY needs to
Don’t just throw stuff over the wall Build, create, modify, and enhance as part of a community.

12. Make noise. Do things. Use your real name!
EVERYBODY needs to
Be Google-able!
Make noise. Do things. Use your real name!
Enhance your brand!

13. Why am I doing that stuff?
Communication is the #1 most needed and least satisfactory tech skillset.
Resumes are for HR. Online presence is for hiring decision-makers.
Networking isn’t just for Ethernet.

14. Stand at the Crossroads
Papa Legba says that’s where the real power is.
He’s not wrong. DevOps, BizOps, BizDev...

15. Tools of the Trade
GiMP / Krita / Blender / LibreOffice DigitalOcean / Linode
Github / Launchpad Wordpress / Mediawiki

16. Know Your Options
Monster, Indeed, Dice, etc Talk to peers and mentors. Submit resumes. Go on interviews.

17. Money Isn’t Everything
Especially “right now” money.
Consider all factors.

18. Jobs are like dating
(or even Tinder)

19. Work for Yourself
… and don’t ever stop.

20. Questions? Jim Salter jim@openoid.net @jrssnet
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