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I can't think of a single good programmer I know who hasn't worked on at least one open-source project or written things in their spare time. Conversely, I can

by jarin 16y ago

I can't think of a single good programmer I know who hasn't worked on at least one open-source project or written things in their spare time. Conversely, I can think of a lot of crappy programmers who have not ever contributed to an open source project or even put together their own website.

georgieporgie 16y ago
That observation does not validate, "coders seem to think people who don't want to work on some OSS project / side project during their free time can't be exceptional coders."