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If you don't mind me asking, can you expand a little on how it has helped your career? I've thought about creating some ambitious open source projects before, b
by positr0n 11y ago
If you don't mind me asking, can you expand a little on how it has helped your career? I've thought about creating some ambitious open source projects before, but I always imagined it would be purely for fun/technical advancement because the ROI from a purely monetary standpoint (increase my salary by being a known expert?) would be small compared to spending the time doing "real" work for clients.
- jondubois 11y agoI've had promising start-up founders reach out to me with job offers and/or invite me to their offices (got them on my Skype). It also opened up a lot of possibilities when looking for jobs. That said, I would agree with you that the ROI (at least in the medium term) is not worthwhile. If you want cash, you are probably better off working on your own commercial project or working for clients.