In today's world, are there still devs out there coughing up free work to "idea people"? If you can code, bathe, and are willing to live in a major metro area y

In today's world, are there still devs out there coughing up free work to "idea people"? If you can code, bathe, and are willing to live in a major metro area you can get paid real money to work on real software for real business/startups. Those seeking free work are inadvertently preying on those with imposter syndrome. Many devs refused free work in the pit of the tech recession (2002-2003). Expecting that to happen today is laughable.