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Ask HN: Open-source Maintainer – have you ever had a burnout?
If you've ever maintained open source software and got burned out:
* Why did you start in the first place? What was your motivation?
* What did you do against the burnout?
* And would you have been less burned out if you could have worked full-time on the OSS with a salary and without another job?
- sudo_navendu 4y agoThe reason I started contributing to open source was to learn new skills. It was a great way to work on real world projects and gain experience. The project I was working on was community driven to a large extent. We had users and contributors from around the world and being one of the core maintainers, I basically had no quitting time. I was working around the clock and did not have any boundaries. I had a lot of work in the project. I was writing code, reviewing PRs, hosting community meetings, discussing project roadmaps etc. After some time, I started working on open source full-time. I was paid by a company to work on their open source project. We had a bigger team and it made my life a lot easier. I had well defined jobs and I did not have to worry about other aspects of the project like I did before.