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> most of these contributions aren't worth enough individually to charge for Then why does my employer pay me even for the small bugfixes I make to their code?
by TazeTSchnitzel 7y ago
> most of these contributions aren't worth enough individually to charge for
Then why does my employer pay me even for the small bugfixes I make to their code?
- mankyd 7y agoBecause you go on to fix more than one bug. And add features. etc.
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- dashwav 7y agoBecause their business model can't rely on the interest and free-time of others, so they are willing to pay you for your continued "interest" in their codebase. They aren't paying you for those bugfixes, rather for your ability to available to do those bugfixes immediately