Comment on Ask HN: How do you escape CRUD jobs?Comments−codewright13yBuild up a portfolio of the kind of work you want to be doing.You don't get a job in compilers by complaining. You do it by getting commit access to gcc.Hop to it.Alternately, do a startup in the space you want to be in and let VCs pay for the privilege of you educating yourself. Either way.−thedigitalengel13yI was very lucky in the sense that I could participate in two Google Summer of Code programs. With some relevant experience, I'm now in a good position to get the exact kind of job I want (which also happens to be related to compilers / VMs).
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Build up a portfolio of the kind of work you want to be doing.
You don't get a job in compilers by complaining. You do it by getting commit access to gcc.
Hop to it.
Alternately, do a startup in the space you want to be in and let VCs pay for the privilege of you educating yourself. Either way.
I was very lucky in the sense that I could participate in two Google Summer of Code programs. With some relevant experience, I'm now in a good position to get the exact kind of job I want (which also happens to be related to compilers / VMs).