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The strange thing to my mind is not that people will use things for free given a chance, because of course they will, but rather the developers of popular open
by gweinberg 5y ago
The strange thing to my mind is not that people will use things for free given a chance, because of course they will, but rather the developers of popular open source packages are having trouble getting jobs. Back when I was a CTO, if any of my applicants could claim to be developers / maintainers of popular open source projects, I would consider that to be a major plus. Wouldn't everyone?
- lomereiter 5y agoIf you think of the world as a giant corporation, in the short term it's more efficient if these workaholics are not paid at all. Think of a typical workaholic who's always happy to do more and take on more responsibility - why would you increase their salary if they don't ask for it?