On Tue, Aug 5, 2014 at 5:21 PM, Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@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-list...
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