OS developer

mcheung63 · Post by **mcheung63** » Tue Aug 08, 2006 1:49 am

Hi
I am Peter, in Hong Kong, I want to be an os developer, but there is not os develop company in hong kong. So is any os development job avaliable in america? what job hiring website can reach this? and what is the salary?

thanks
from Peter ([email protected])

AndrewAPrice · Post by **AndrewAPrice** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 6:23 pm

I will pay you $100 a year to be my programmer...

matthias · Post by **matthias** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 4:13 am

MessiahAndrw wrote:I will pay you $100 a year to be my programmer...

I think this guy is talking about osdeving as a proffesion not as a hobby

Toaster · Post by **Toaster** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 5:14 am

I am a good OS developer, I developed a OS with Multitasking, Paging, drivers, VESA GUI, and all things for a basic OS. (I can show you all things on inquiry)

100 $ the year?
What's the work to do MessiahAndrw?

djnorthyy · Post by **djnorthyy** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 10:21 am

100$ is rubbish!!!!

Alboin · Post by **Alboin** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 11:03 am

There really aren't any jobs in America either focusing on osdev. Your best bet is something like Microsoft, Google, or IBM. (Who all do operating system development.) Aren't there any of these companies operating in Hong Kong?

Toaster · Post by **Toaster** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 9:04 am

Alboin wrote:There really aren't any jobs in America either focusing on osdev. Your best bet is something like Microsoft, Google, or IBM. (Who all do operating system development.) Aren't there any of these companies operating in Hong Kong?

well, since when is Google in Operating System development at work?
we should stay being realistic, so no google

(google doesn't take over Microsoft as Microsoft did vs. IBM, since they do not write an OS)

but for Microsoft, it's really not easy to come in there
and it is nearly impossible as a hobby developer to get there a job - as lowlevel system developer or whatever
you can search on the Microsoft job website for jobs Redmond, system development engineer or something - then you will find some jobs to really develop Windows in future
but all this jobs need experience - apart from certifies or something

and since when does IBM develop an OS (or is working in the system development branche) today?
they developed OS/2, but give it more or less up...

You should plan your startup.
You need something that really captures people imagination, something that's really new, something people need and they don't have - if it should become a success.

greetings,

Toaster

Brynet-Inc · Post by **Brynet-Inc** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 9:19 am

I was sure Google helped out lots of OSS projects, I even suspect they submit patches to Linux at times.

Ever heard of their Summer of Code event?

Tyler · Post by **Tyler** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 10:27 am

Toaster wrote:and since when does IBM develop an OS (or is working in the system development branche) today?
they developed OS/2, but give it more or less up...

You really should research before posting, a simple check on the IBM website reveals a plethora of Operating Systems. Not only do they contribute to and Use Linux in huge number of massive projects but they also continue to develop mainframe and specialist operating systems for there systems.

Toaster · Post by **Toaster** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 11:57 pm

Brynet-Inc wrote:I was sure Google helped out lots of OSS projects, I even suspect they submit patches to Linux at times.

Ever heard of their Summer of Code event?

of course I have

but google doesn't directly employees someone for developing an OS, they just have their summer of code
and the code has to be open source, so you see already there how the financial suport is
I think it's a cool thing, but the wrong thing for professional operating system developers which wanna make money with their work

and for IBM, well I'm talking about Desktop Systems (such as Windows, Linux, etc.), so the work we are doing here; IBM makes some Unix OS stuff, so the won't be interested in developers like us

greetings,

Toaster

AndrewAPrice · Post by **AndrewAPrice** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 1:27 am

You forgot Apple!

Even if you did happen to become an osdever for one of these companies, you will be be spending all your time reading and debugging an overbloated OS someone else wrote. If you wanted to write an OS from scratch with a team of other developers, you could try a telephone or console company (Nintendo, Nokia, Sony). Although most of these companies are switching over to licensing other operating systems (Linux, Symbian) rather than using in-house OS'es.

Toaster · Post by **Toaster** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 2:55 am

well yeah, apple could need us since they changed the operating system's architecture
and you really shouldn't forget the architecture, so if you are going to some company you said (Nintendo, Nokia, Sony, ...), then you surely have to learn developing for a new (embedded) architecture, what passes by the work we are doing

yeah it's difficult to find a job in the OS development till it's a monopolized market

greetings,

Toaster

ehird · Post by **ehird** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 6:59 am

djnorthyy wrote:100$ is rubbish!!!!

No, really? Your logic is astounding.

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Rubbish!!

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