February 15th 2008 06:05 pm
My First Paid Computing Job
I got a temporary job last summer, my first paid job; I was an operator at a call center. Many people got surprised about it, at least those who know that I’ve been dealing with computers since I was 15 and contributing to Freedomware projects since I was 17 or so.
They expected me to get a computing job, but I didn’t. I actually never sought for such a job. Just take a look around: Nearly all computing jobs require people to deal with Freedom-trampling software. Sure, I had to use Windows at the call center anyways, but my duties were beyond working on the computer, unlike a computing job — where I would’ve been required to administrate the kind of software I fight against everyday. I’ve always been proud of that desicion, and I’d do it again if required.
Some weeks ago I received an offer for a computing job, but not “yet another computing job”, this is an honest one: A computing company fully committed to Freedom in computing, with a boss who is a well-known Free Software supporter, Alberto Barrionuevo (president of the FFII, among other things).
I’ve been working for Alberto’s Freedomware consulting firm, Opentia, in a very interesting project. The job is rather cool: I work from home, it’s well-paid and I’m promoting free computing environments at the same time!
The only drawback(?) is that it’s a project-basis job, I mean, it’s not a permanent one. It all depends on the requested projects.
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