Bad Patches and Issues with other devolopers

[Nick Krause]

On Tue, Aug 5, 2014 at 5:21 PM, Robert P. J. Day <rpjday at crashcourse.ca> wrote:
> On Tue, 5 Aug 2014, Nick Krause wrote:
>
>> I want to help and improve the code plus get a code [sic] doing
>> kernel development.
>
>   *sigh* ... assuming you mean you want a *job* doing kernel
> development, you may have already screwed yourself royally.
>
>   it's obvious you want to get *some* kind of patches into the kernel,
> just so you can say, "see? i patched the linux kernel!" what you
> clearly don't understand is the unintended consequences of your
> scattershot patching attempts.
>
>   while prospective employers will certainly want to know what you've
> contributed to the kernel, they will also simply google on your name
> with respect to the kernel, and *that*, my boy, is where you are quite
> simply f**ked.
>
>   i googled on the words "nick krause linux kernel" (which is what any
> minimally competent employer would do), and on the very first page of
> results was this:
>
> http://www.themukt.com/2014/08/04/someone-trolling-linux-kernel-mailing-lists-really-hard/
>
> what that page tells prospective employers is that you are in over
> your head, you don't listen to advice, and you have very bad work
> habits.
>
>   regardless of whatever you do from now on, given your online
> reputation that any employer will certainly find, you may have already
> made yourself unemployable.
>
> rday
>
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Is there any way to fix this or am I just unemployable.
Cheers Nick