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codewright on Dec 26, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Ask HN: How do you escape CRUD jobs?

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.

thedigitalengel on Dec 26, 2012 [–]

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).

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