I worked in public full time for a year—open source, open revenue, ~weekly Twitch development streams. The experience was net positive, but it’s not for everyon

I worked in public full time for a year—open source, open revenue, ~weekly Twitch development streams. The experience was net positive, but it’s not for everyone. Being open source bought a lot of good will and led directly to a hire because they kept submitting great PRs. Open revenue honestly didn’t have much of an effect. Development streams are another beast—they helped refine and teddybear some ideas, and again with the good will, but it is at its core a job in entertainment. You will structure other work around it, such as “saving” certain projects for stream time or offline time, you will be distracted by people asking you questions while you’re working, and you will repeatedly explain the same thing over and over to new viewers—if you get any viewers at all.