I do open source, and I do charge for it. I make a bit less than I would on proprietary, but plenty to live off of. Any technical project requires focus, and i

I do open source, and I do charge for it. I make a bit less than I would on proprietary, but plenty to live off of. Any technical project requires focus, and if I paid the bills with something else, I wouldn't have time and space to focus. I've never been particularly successful with side projects until they became full-time projects. I don't know many other people who have. Side projects are great for exploring, but when one gains traction, to be successful, I've always needed to find a way to focus on it full-time (which means using it to pay the bills).