Come to think of it, the companies who sponsor open source projects are offering an extraordinary sign of goodwill to their employees. I never thought of it th

Come to think of it, the companies who sponsor open source projects are offering an extraordinary sign of goodwill to their employees. I never thought of it this way but they're essentially saying "Not only are you going to be allowed to work on projects that can have immediate positive impact on the entire world, but in the event that something should happen where we need to have layoffs or if you decide to leave, we've got you covered there too. You're not going to need to scramble to try to build up your GitHub profile for your next opportunity, since your code you provided during work is already out there in the open for folks to see".