We use RedMine. It does the job but is not a tool that is exciting to use.

Jeremy, Well spotted. :doh: I just corrected it. Best,

Greetings! It seems that, according to a number of people I read, a software developer/tester/etc should be rated more by his 'public' contribution (Open Source, Blogs, Tweets, Git, ...) than by his CV. I might be a bit of a dinosaur (sorry if I insult any dinosaur with this comparison) but I can't say I fully agree with this. Even though I do not fully agree, there has been a few events lately that made me think about starting my own blog and tweets (and eventually move on to other contribution type). What is your point of view? Did you feel compelled to start a blog, open a tweeter account, etc. ? Why? Have you started something but stopped updating it because it became somewhat tedious/irrelevant or maybe you have no time for this anymore? How much time per week do you put in your 'public' contributions? What do you mostly get from this? Best,

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I guess it depends what you want to do... Do you want to move into research, development, manufacturing, ...? Do you want to do what you want or what the market needs? Do you want to work abroad (usually the higher the academic degree the more "points" you get). I have a master's in engineering and this helped me work abroad as I wanted. After 15 years or so of this, I am considering completing a PhD mostly for personal satisfaction. There is also the "time-to-market" to consider. There are periods where a newbe with solely academic credentials will have difficulties to find a job. Then maybe it is a good idea to consider further training/degree. When comes the time to hire, I don't care much if the candidate has a bachelor/master's/doctorate degree. I base myself on other criterias.