Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2022 21:33:16 -0800 From: brian <brian@sonicboom.org> To: freebsd-jobs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Student Opportunities Message-ID: <645c226d-c6d6-74b1-9f66-6564b707ad08@sonicboom.org> In-Reply-To: <CAOgZAGaZzf2vVtz=ad7DjTrTYZikYovXrTYG4-U46gW%2BvFEfDg@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAOgZAGaZzf2vVtz=ad7DjTrTYZikYovXrTYG4-U46gW%2BvFEfDg@mail.gmail.com>
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Because of its licensing, FreeBSD is actually used in a lot of
commercial apps. I do not have any first hand knowledge of openings
currently, but searching indeed or other job boards for freebsd gives
some matches.
Brian
On 3/8/2022 1:18 PM, Jake Freeland wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I am currently a freshman majoring in computer science at the
> University of Minnesota. I've been actively maintaining at-home
> FreeBSD and other UNIX-like servers for years now, and I have recently
> started researching and tinkering with operating system development.
> Although I am certainly a beginner, I have already fallen in love with
> low-level programming and I am eager to experience what it's like to
> work on a large-scale team.
>
> On all the UNIX-like systems that I have worked with, I always find
> myself leaving the Linux world and coming back to BSD. I run FreeBSD
> on my desktop and I can attest to the cleanliness of the operating
> system itself and the user-friendliness that comes with the documentation.
>
> Over the last month I've contemplated writing this email, but I
> figured it would not hurt to ask. Are there any potential internship
> opportunities available among developers of FreeBSD?
>
> I would love to provide a resume and talk to a team member about my
> experience. I hope we can sort something out here. I am
> extremely excited to take my passion to the next level.
>
> Thank you for your time,
> Jake Freeland
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<p>Because of its licensing, FreeBSD is actually used in a lot of
commercial apps. I do not have any first hand knowledge of
openings currently, but searching indeed or other job boards for
freebsd gives some matches.<br>
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<p> Brian</p>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 3/8/2022 1:18 PM, Jake Freeland
wrote:<br>
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<div class="gmail_default"
style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Hi there,</div>
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style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br>
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<div class="gmail_default"
style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">I am currently
a freshman majoring in computer science at the University of
Minnesota. I've been actively maintaining at-home FreeBSD and
other UNIX-like servers for years now, and I have recently
started researching and tinkering with operating system
development. Although I am certainly a beginner, I have
already fallen in love with low-level programming and I am
eager to experience what it's like to work on a large-scale
team.</div>
<div class="gmail_default"
style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br>
</div>
<div class="gmail_default"
style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">On all the
UNIX-like systems that I have worked with, I always find
myself leaving the Linux world and coming back to BSD. I run
FreeBSD on my desktop and I can attest to the cleanliness of
the operating system itself and the user-friendliness that
comes with the documentation.</div>
<div class="gmail_default"
style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br>
</div>
<div class="gmail_default"
style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Over the
last month I've contemplated writing this email, but I figured
it would not hurt to ask. Are there any potential internship
opportunities available among developers of FreeBSD?</div>
<div class="gmail_default"
style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br>
</div>
<div class="gmail_default"
style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">I would love to
provide a resume and talk to a team member about my
experience. I hope we can sort something out here. I am
extremely excited to take my passion to the next level.</div>
<div class="gmail_default"
style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br>
</div>
<div class="gmail_default"
style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Thank you for
your time,</div>
<div class="gmail_default"
style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Jake Freeland</div>
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