11 Nov
2010
11 Nov
'10
6:05 p.m.
On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 11:58 AM, Camilo Polymeris <cpolymeris(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I'm a professional programmer, working in the VoIP server industry,
although I don't do much OSS development these days. The software we
develop is commercial, but we use some LGPL stuff like ffmpeg, and our
target platforms are Solaris and Linux, and I focus mainly on media
streaming solutions for VoIP. Ultimately, though, I will be changing
careers to that of a professional composer and get away from the
software development :-) That will become closer to reality once I
finish my certification via Berklee.
--
Brett W. McCoy -- http://www.electricminstrel.com
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"In the rhythm of music a secret is hidden; If I were to divulge it,
it would overturn the world."
-- Jelaleddin Rumi
I understand
that a lot of you develop for free software and are passionate
at what you do. But how do you pay the bills? What do you do for a living?
Are you a student? Do you do software development just as a hobby, or do
you want to make a living doing this kind of work?
I see most of you are in IT, I would have thought there were more
amateur programmers and some pro musicians, too.
I am a student. Natural science. Completely unrelated to CS or audio.
:) My prospective employer probably won't care about OSS, mostly doing
this for fun.