Gittip is pretty young. If it takes off, these numbers could easily change by an order of magnitude. I hope they do. Also, I am a high school teacher who does

Gittip is pretty young. If it takes off, these numbers could easily change by an order of magnitude. I hope they do. Also, I am a high school teacher who does a bit of programming on the side. I have a couple open source ed projects I've been wanting to do, and the Gittip model might be interesting to try. I see Gittip serving people who make good things happen in any field, not just in tech fields.