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Me & My Career: Open source opens doors for more to join IT, says industry veteran

In this series, individuals share their career journeys and provide an inside look into their jobs and industries. This week, we look at IT software.

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Mr Gunasekharan Chellappan, Singapore general manager of open-source software company Red Hat, is a 27-year industry veteran.

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SINGAPORE - For every tech tycoon like Alibaba founder Jack Ma, there are a multitude of coders slaving away in a back room.
Working in information technology (IT) may not always be as glamorous as some people think, but the beauty of it is that anyone can easily create something useful with just a laptop and an Internet connection, says industry veteran Gunasekharan Chellappan.
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