Re: FreeBSD Student Opportunities

From: brian <brian_at_sonicboom.org>
Date: Wed, 09 Mar 2022 05:33:16 UTC
Because of its licensing, FreeBSD is actually used in a lot of 
commercial apps. I do not have any first hand knowledge of openings 
currently, but searching indeed or other job boards for freebsd gives 
some matches.

Brian

On 3/8/2022 1:18 PM, Jake Freeland wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I am currently a freshman majoring in computer science at the 
> University of Minnesota. I've been actively maintaining at-home 
> FreeBSD and other UNIX-like servers for years now, and I have recently 
> started researching and tinkering with operating system development. 
> Although I am certainly a beginner, I have already fallen in love with 
> low-level programming and I am eager to experience what it's like to 
> work on a large-scale team.
>
> On all the UNIX-like systems that I have worked with, I always find 
> myself leaving the Linux world and coming back to BSD. I run FreeBSD 
> on my desktop and I can attest to the cleanliness of the operating 
> system itself and the user-friendliness that comes with the documentation.
>
> Over the last month I've contemplated writing this email, but I 
> figured it would not hurt to ask. Are there any potential internship 
> opportunities available among developers of FreeBSD?
>
> I would love to provide a resume and talk to a team member about my 
> experience. I hope we can sort something out here. I am 
> extremely excited to take my passion to the next level.
>
> Thank you for your time,
> Jake Freeland