Why volunteer with jbilling?

Knowledge: The best way to learn a technology, is to use it in a production environment. We will not teach you the basics (there are books for that) but there is a lot to learn from our community on technologies such as Java EE, Spring, JSP, Web Services and Struts.

Experience: In the IT industry, it is often difficult to get hands-on experience with the latest technology. May be you are still in school, or may be your job is using obsolete technology and refusing to upgrade. We know that if you want to get a job where they use J2EE, they'll ask you to have experience with J2EE. So, where do you get that initial experience? Volunteering for an open source project is a good place to start. jBilling is one of the few open source projects that develops enterprise applications, instead of frameworks, APIs or tools. We believe that participating in the development of real business logic is a great opportunity to gain industry experience. For those making significant contributions to the project, there will be recommendation letters issued where it is acknowledged your participation. You can use this letter to certify your Java experience when applying for a job.

Money: As a volunteer, you do not get paid, but you learn the internals of jBilling. This is an open source project, but it is also a commercial project, where we offer our clients consulting, courses and custom development among other services. And who gets this work done? We will always give priority to our volunteers when it comes to distribute paid work. This is done based on meritocracy: the more you have contributed to the project, the more work will be offered to you. We promote a distributed structure, where you can work from wherever you want, and get paid for it because there is a paying customer sponsoring that particular project. No politics, no commuting, no dress code; it is the open source lifestyle.

Fun: Yes, some people do have fun programming! If you are like us, you enjoy a challenge, and you like to see your code in production, making a difference. It is a great source of satisfaction to know that your code is being used by thousands of companies all over the world.

How do I get started?

Find out here