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> there's millions of developers who are actively working in the open on OSS platforms like GitHub? There's an order of magnitude more qualified developers who
by jkubicek 4y ago
> there's millions of developers who are actively working in the open on OSS platforms like GitHub?
There's an order of magnitude more qualified developers who don't have the time/aptitude/patience for contributing to OSS. You're shutting yourself off from the bulk of the hiring market by limiting candidates to OSS contributors.
- wootland 4y agoIt's true that there are great devs that aren't doing OSS. There are so many devs doing OSS though that it's totally possible to hire exclusively this way. I know because I've done it for half a dozen teams, in all manner of different companies, to great success.