My open source projects have given me the opportunity to collaborate with highly motivated and smart people. They've made me well-known in my niche and have br

My open source projects have given me the opportunity to collaborate with highly motivated and smart people. They've made me well-known in my niche and have brought me great job opportunities. They depend on relatively stable APIs and don't require a lot of maintenance. Writing open source code has been a positive experience for me, even though it doesn't directly make me any money.