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True, but you don't get the experience of being in the working environment of another company. Things like... * Exposure to thier culture * Viewing and unders
by babul 18y ago
True, but you don't get the experience of being in the working environment of another company. Things like...
* Exposure to thier culture
* Viewing and understanding thier office setup and why
* Hardware/software setup
* Working practices they use
* The fun of coding with others in person
* Social interaction
* Social interaction (x2 as I think it is very important)
...are important and really beneficial to appreciate first hand.
- swombat 18y agoThen it's called: Consulting. You should get paid for that, too. Please don't do it for free and destroy the market for the rest of us who have to make a living at it. Daniel
- dhyasama 18y agoConsulting is sharing your own expertise with someone else. I'm looking for someone else to share their expertise with me. That aside, short-term stages would not destroy the market. Chefs have been doing it for years. They come out of it as better chefs and then have more earning power.
- jrockway 18y agoYou get better social interaction when working on open source projects. The people you're interacting with actually want to spend their free time working on software. So instead of "interacting" with some dude off the street that needs some money, you interact with people who you can learn from. And yes, you can work on open source in 'real life'.