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Are you actually asking a question relevant to the thread or just spamming a self-promotion? I ask because I don't see any reason that paid open source contrib

by swores 3y ago

Are you actually asking a question relevant to the thread or just spamming a self-promotion? I ask because I don't see any reason that paid open source contributions wouldn't be as good as non-paid open source contributions when it comes to gaining/demonstrating certain types of dev experience (though ofc without the benefit of also potentially showing character traits related to being willing to donate time for free), so I'm struggling to imagine you wrote that comment actually hoping for any answer other than "great thanks for telling us about the thing you founded". Apologies if I've incorrectly jumped to a bad faith interpretation - if so, you could maybe be more clear in explaining what your question actually is; if my assumption was correct then I'd suggest thinking twice before using low-effort and low-value comments for promotion, since people (and in particular people who would be valuable to have using your service) are liable to be put off by any product/company/service that spams in such a way.

Zyst 3y ago
I found the comment valuable. I might be unmotivated to contribute to an OS project purely for the sake of doing so. But throwing some money in, I might go like "Alright I'll tackle this". Certainly I'm at least glad a tool like that exists.
irf1 3y ago
> If you haven't had the opportunity to work on large-scale projects... open source projects/companies that pay contributors are oftentimes larger-scale > Balancing such efforts with a full-time job can be challenging, as these undertakings can consume most, if not all, of your free time... i'm asking whether some compensation could make contributing to open source less of a luxury for a lot of people (those with jobs but also those in the jobs market) and more of an accessible opportunity to publicly showcase your "true capabilities or the quality of your work"
OJFord 3y ago
The latter, look at GP's comment history, only here to promote Algora.

by swores 3y ago

Zyst 3y ago

I found the comment valuable. I might be unmotivated to contribute to an OS project purely for the sake of doing so. But throwing some money in, I might go like "Alright I'll tackle this". Certainly I'm at least glad a tool like that exists.

irf1 3y ago

> If you haven't had the opportunity to work on large-scale projects... open source projects/companies that pay contributors are oftentimes larger-scale > Balancing such efforts with a full-time job can be challenging, as these undertakings can consume most, if not all, of your free time... i'm asking whether some compensation could make contributing to open source less of a luxury for a lot of people (those with jobs but also those in the jobs market) and more of an accessible opportunity to publicly showcase your "true capabilities or the quality of your work"

OJFord 3y ago

The latter, look at GP's comment history, only here to promote Algora.