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Ha. I had actually thought about mentioning that this situation seemed to be very different 20 years ago, but decided I had already done enough blathering. But
by mumblemumble 5y ago
Ha. I had actually thought about mentioning that this situation seemed to be very different 20 years ago, but decided I had already done enough blathering.
But, anyway, yeah - I think that this was different 20 years ago, back when open source hadn't quite completely disrupted the software industry and companies didn't yet understand the economics of open source.
- autarch 5y agoThis still helped me as recently as 2017, so it's not like this stopped being true 20 years ago.
- johnnyanmac 5y agoI mean, I worked with someone who creates a very high profile OSS project, and I'm sure it's a big reason he got hired to where he is. I'll never say OSS is an optimal career path unless you are doing something extremely specialized (which to be fair, he is). But it sure can open doors for you even today if that's something you're passionate in. For me, I got around without any OSS, so it's more like a post-career plan now to help out some beloved repos. (as long as you're not stupid, like showing your botting repository to an online game studio).