I think it's great to realize when you are not getting enough from open source and should focus on software you are paid to write. The benefits of open source a

I think it's great to realize when you are not getting enough from open source and should focus on software you are paid to write. The benefits of open source are basically three fold: 1) mentorship opportunities and learning different problem domains by solving real world problems in those domains. This helps solve the bootstrap problem of skill acquisition in things like networking, graphics, etc. 2) exposure - this can be used to help land a job by publicly demonstrating your skills. 3) Pay -- there is a small minority of open source developers who are hired on a salary or contract basis to develop or support the code. Now whether the above three benefits are worth the cost of spending your time on open source depends on each individual developer. Each will have their own trade off. But I'd hope people can make this trade off without condemning the entire movement or declaring it broken or in need of change so that it would become a better trade off for you.