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Just a point if clarification: by "cash out" do you mean all/majority of your 401k? If so it's not a good idea. Some small percentage could be considered, by in

Just a point if clarification: by "cash out" do you mean all/majority of your 401k? If so it's not a good idea. Some small percentage could be considered, by in general you should only do so in an emergency. There are penalties for early withdrawals. Can you dedicate an hour a day to OSS? Or perhaps spearhead an project at work to be open sourced? Have you tried applying for positions that qualify as your dream job? If you haven't, you may want to start and see if those open source contributions are as key as you think.

crisnoble 13y ago
>Can you dedicate an hour a day to OSS? Or perhaps spearhead an project at work to be open sourced? He mentioned that he is not allowed to do these types of things while employed at his current employer. I always find that kind of clause crazy. If I want to spend my evenings playing video games the company would be fine with that, if I want to spend it creating video games no dice? I imagine it is going to be harder and harder for companies to create anti-moonlighting clauses as time progresses.