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All CDOT employees must be eligible to work in Canada and must have a Canadian Social Insurance Number (SIN).
== Preparing to Work at CDOT ==
If you are considering working in CDOT in a future semester, it is a good idea to develop some experience, open source community connections, and a portfolio of your work. You should be able to demonstrate that you solve problems creatively, work effectively in and with an open source community, have self-initiative, and that you learn new skills and knowledge as necessary.
In order to do this, you will need to go beyond what you can do in the classroom: augment your studies with personal experimentation.
Here are some ideas:
* Create a mobile app and the matching server software. Implement the software in a cloud service (Google or Amazon, for example).
* Set up your own network of servers, configuring the network and services to interoperate. Use a variety of operating systems and software versions. Set up a multi-tier system with some combination of a web server, application server, database server, file server, and/or print server. Experiment with orchestration software (Ansible/Puppet/Chef), set up redundancy (server failover), try to break into your own systems, or optimize the systems for highest performance. You can buy cheap used computers or create virtual machines on your PC to do this virtually.
* Contribute bug fixes or feature improvements to an open source project.
* Write documentation for an open source project.
* Create a kernel module for a new device.
== What to Include in an Application to Work at CDOT ==