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Honestly, I don't get why super talented people work for free. I haven't worked on any open source projects, so maybe that's why I don't get it, but it just se
by socrates1998 12y ago
Honestly, I don't get why super talented people work for free.
I haven't worked on any open source projects, so maybe that's why I don't get it, but it just seems that developers often devalue themselves too much.
You see it all the time. Business "idea" types come in and supply the "idea", while developers do all the work and don't get paid enough.
I just wish as an industry, developers would stand up for themselves more. I see good, smart and talented people getting walked over too much.
- oxalo 12y agoI think being genuinely talented at something usually comes with an inability to sell oneself. The super talented types enjoy solving problems and learning complex things much more than they care about making money, and probably doubt their own ability.
- cmyr 12y agoThere are a lot of really interesting problems and projects in the world that nobody is interested in paying for. If you want to do these interesting things, you have to do it outside of the marketplace. Alternatively, there is a trade-off in selling your labour in the marketplace: you are no longer in a position to dictate the terms of your labour, and you potentially lose control over the product of your labour.
- hackuser 12y ago> Honestly, I don't get why super talented people work for free. In some cases it's a better way of accomplishing what you want than doing it for money. If you want to give people more security, for example, you'll probably get a wider audience and more impact with FOSS software. Should Tim Berners-Lee have charged for his new idea? You might not be reading this in a web browser if he did.