At the Reboot conference, I attended a less formal talk-session on how to make money on Open Source programming. In the group were among others: myself, David Axmark of MySQL AB, Copenhagen’s Umbraco (.NET content management system/framework), and the nice guy from Portugal.
You can read the points in this article at NewsForge “Finding an open source programming job”.
The recruiter’s short advice: Open Source activity is a sound business move. Package and release your code! Help others! Be good to new-comers!