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Extreme Ownership of Your Career — the Open Source Way

How much time do you think Linus Torvalds spends job hunting? Not polishing his CV. Not writing cover letters. Not DMing people asking for referrals. Exactly. Probably zero. Because Linus did what anyone can do, at any level: He grew so much, in the open, delivering real value to a real community — that the market couldn’t ignore him anymore. Now ask yourself: Are you spending 80% of your time applying… or 80% of your time growing? If you’re stuck in the “there are no jobs for juniors” trap, or waiting for someone to give you a break — let me offer a different route: Extreme ownership. The open source way.

Apr 6, 2025 - 19:47
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Extreme Ownership of Your Career — the Open Source Way

How much time do you think Linus Torvalds spends job hunting?

Not polishing his CV. Not writing cover letters. Not DMing people asking for referrals.

Exactly. Probably zero.

Because Linus did what anyone can do, at any level: He grew so much, in the open, delivering real value to a real community — that the market couldn’t ignore him anymore.

Now ask yourself:

Are you spending 80% of your time applying… or 80% of your time growing?

If you’re stuck in the “there are no jobs for juniors” trap, or waiting for someone to give you a break — let me offer a different route:

Extreme ownership. The open source way.

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