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How do you make money? Do you live on savings?
by someguydave 6y ago
How do you make money? Do you live on savings?
- chubot 6y agoYes, although I worked on open source while employed for 6-10 years too (sometimes it was my job, but usually not). I'm not saying that it's the way to spend the least time at the computer :) I'm saying it is a way to avoid being burnt out. If you are building something for yourself, and others incidentally get some use out of it, you'll be less likely to burnt out than killing yourself for a deadline made-up by a VP. And then the whole project gets through away, and no customer ever cared about it. I've seen that a lot. ----- Related story: Many years ago I got burnt out by my job, and I took a woodworking class at night (lol, definitely a programmer thing). It was great, and I'm typing on top of a desk I made in that class right now. However I bought a bunch of magazines about woodworking, and I noticed that everyone had 8 or 9 fingers, so I didn't go further with it :) The thing that the OP pointed out is real!