I&#x27;ve been looking at quite a few jobs and it seems that a lot of companies put open source experience as a requirement. Open source is never mentioned in my home country, but seems to be in a lot of job requirements in Western countries.<p>If it was to see whether I can code - I&#x27;ve definitely got quite a few projects that people can touch and play with (the perks of being an app developer).<p>Some companies I work for put in the contract that all code written while employed belongs to the company. So it puts me at a disadvantage when job seeking.<p>I don&#x27;t really understand why open source is so big. Is there anything that I&#x27;m missing here?
Ask HN: Why is open source relevant in jobs?