There are people who contribute to OSS and get traction in the open hacking community, but I know also a number of "stars" in the business/closed side of the co

There are people who contribute to OSS and get traction in the open hacking community, but I know also a number of "stars" in the business/closed side of the code. People that are great but just focus on fixing business problems with their great code. These people also get acknowledged for their capabilities, just inside smaller circles, but those circles are very important business side so they are successful, have an easy time to find a new position when they want to change, and so forth. Long story short, try to be great, oss or not.