Want a good tech job? Report says open-source skills are hotter than ever
Dice, a leading tech career company and the Linux Foundation have just published the 2016 Open Source Jobs Report. They found that 65 percent of HR managers say open-source hiring will increase more than any other part of their business over the next six months. At the same time, 79 percent of hiring managers have increased incentives to hold on to their current open- source employees.
They're right. I have been to numerous technology trade shows this year. At every one -- from CES to the OpenStack Summit -- I've seen companies looking for open-source talent. Indeed, I've seen more companies searching for new employees than I have businesses standing pat.
It's not just companies outside the Linux world that are looking for open-source pros. The Linux distributor SUSE, for example. is currently seeking to fill 102 new job openings. They're looking for OpenStack developers; distributed storage software engineers, Docker specialists, and senior Linux developers. Other businesses that rely on Linux, such as Canonical. Red Hat, IBM, and Oracle, are also looking outside for Linux and open-source experts.
