It seems to me that part of the purpose of the post is to ask what this might be.
Until I get the chance to write an essay on what employers want to see, I’d say:
Coding well is essential, but employers want to figure out who has a professional attitude towards the job. Contributing to OS shows that you are willing to take on aspects of software development beyond coding up an application: Testing (for bugs, performance, etc.), bug-tracking, documentation, and more.
Until I get the chance to write an essay on what employers want to see, I’d say:
Coding well is essential, but employers want to figure out who has a professional attitude towards the job. Contributing to OS shows that you are willing to take on aspects of software development beyond coding up an application: Testing (for bugs, performance, etc.), bug-tracking, documentation, and more.