4 ms·
Why did you do it in the first place? Here's why you might consider contributing to OSS even though others use it to make money: If you have contributed to a
by liveoneggs 12y ago
Why did you do it in the first place?
Here's why you might consider contributing to OSS even though others use it to make money:
If you have contributed to a successful project it's a major leg up in getting hired by someone using that project
If you use that product in your own work, then you are paying that benefit forward and can expect some (additional) returns in the future
If you learn something new/interesting that is outside of your normal work-a-day stuff
- dreamdu5t 12y agoYou can get good jobs without having an active OSS history. I'm not asking for financial compensation. I was stating why I contribute much less now than I used to.
- Crito 12y agoYou don't need to put your software under a GNU approved FOSS license in order to put it up on github and get all the benefits of listing it on your resume. You can easily put your code up there with a non-commercial non-free open source license, and still list it on your resume. Seriously, companies typically give zero shits about which software license you personally prefer, they just want to be able to look over what you have accomplished.