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From: greg@kroah.com (Greg KH)
Date: Tue, 31 May 2011 20:55:21 +0800
Subject: academia contribution to the kernel
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On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 11:45:45AM +0200, Pierre Vorhagen wrote:
> But I really wonder which type of Master (if any?) would maximize my 
> chances of being hired by a company working on kernel development and 
> related matters. Surely, a MSc in Computer Engineering would be more 
> on-topic than a "traditional" MSc in Computer Science for instance, no? 
> What *is* the best way to go about a Master that would be related to 
> Linux development as much as possible? (thinking about a future career 
> in the field)

What companies want, who are looking to hire Linux kernel developers, is
experience in actually doing the work, not their degrees.

Hope this helps,

greg k-h