"the entitled complaints really got to me." Having done some voluntary work long time ago - I would say providing value to a community in any context seldom pa

"the entitled complaints really got to me." Having done some voluntary work long time ago - I would say providing value to a community in any context seldom pays in direct gratitude. In direct communication, complaints are always more likely than compliments. The value must come from somewhere else than direct feedback from beneficiaries, like observing the thing you just pulled off being enjoyed by a lot of people and being pleased of it. The corollary to this is that it's much more enjoyable to work for free in a friendly group than alone because then the company and support of peers can be an equivalent source of joy. I suppose a lone free software project lacks these both, unless one can visualize the value by looking at the number of downloads...