I have to say that this post was inspiring to read. It's everything that software developers had dreamed of and idealized. Owning your own career. Building your

I have to say that this post was inspiring to read. It's everything that software developers had dreamed of and idealized. Owning your own career. Building your own brand. Doing your work in the open. Your career progress being decentralized and determined by the trust you've built in your network of colleagues, and not by some pointy haired business guy. Unfortunately, I don't think any of the above is realistically going to happen at any point in the next 10 years. The majority of paid-for-code is proprietary, meaning that your 9-5 work-product can never be "googled" by outsiders. As a consequence of this, recruiters and hiring managers will continue to treat open-source work as second-class-indicators, behind your resume, CV and references. It's going to take a major paradigm shift in engineering/business culture, before any of this changes. That said, the author might be wrong about the timeframe, but he does paint a noble vision for the future. One that I'm sure future generations will be working in, and one that I hope I can experience one day.