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[Abhijit Paithankar]

Never mind the placement cell and it's rules. It does not matter.
Don't let it get you down.

The projects you do and things you learn will get you the job.

Just keep yourself upto date with the latest in Linux, dive deep into
the code, understand how it works and more importantly do some work to
prove that you really understand it. It does not matter what project
you contribute to or if you start your own project. Just the
experience of working in the open source community will teach you a
LOT of things.

Subscribe to mailing lists like LKML, Beowulf, etc, read stuff, read
LWN, kernelnewbies, etc, hang out on the IRC channels, interact with
people and help others learn from you as you learn from others.

That exposure will make your resume stand out of the crowd when you
apply to any company.
Plus, you are in Pune. The ideal place for a Linux hacker to be (other
than Bangalore, I guess). There is no dearth of Linux jobs.

I am telling you out of my experience. I did my BE in Electronics from
BVP (before it became deemed) and was not allowed to sit for the
placements. Today, I'm doing pretty well and earn a living hacking the
Linux kernel and am very happy with the work.

So, stay positive. Keep learning. The job will come to you.

Abhijit

On Sat, Mar 8, 2008 at 11:44 AM, prabhleen singh Enjoying in Pune
<prabhleen2000 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I am pursuing MCA from Bharati Vidyapeeth University Pune.
>  We(our team) have developed live-cd's of Fedora through live-cd creator tool
>  We(our team) also build Beowulf Clustering in RedHat.
>  I am in 4th sem and now placements are going on... but due to not fulfilling
>  the eligibility criteria as I am not having 60% in 10'th and +12th I am not
>  able to sit,
>  so can anybody suggest me that which companies recruit students for Linux in
>  Pune and what further projects We have to make so that I can make entry in
>  Linux based Company.
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