coconutbrain

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by coconutbrain 5y ago
This is true! However, there are startups around like Ghost, Matrix, who are doing all work in open-source Also when you license under GNU, those parasites are scared off rather quickly The truth reason more startups don't that, beca
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by coconutbrain 5y ago
> You didn't say you were giving away a lottery ticket for open source You call this a lottery ticket? My open-source work is the reason they were considering me in the first place! Instead of getting opportunities, let them estab
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by coconutbrain 5y ago
Good thing those Silicon Valley Ponzi-schemes, aka. "Startups" are not the only way to make money!
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by coconutbrain 5y ago
You know the risks? What if things go south and your options are worth zero? 90% of startups fail
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by coconutbrain 5y ago
Many linux developers are employed . They're getting paid for doing open-source
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by coconutbrain 5y ago
You value money over mental health?
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by coconutbrain 5y ago
I donated at least 3 domain names to open-source projects Don't hold on to the domains, I'd suggest donating money directly to the contributors
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by coconutbrain 5y ago
A higher than average salary + Tons of stock options My mind is made-up and no million can change this I'd rather die tomorrow than contribute a single line of code to a Venture-Funded startup (I know HN billionaire-wannabes would disa
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by coconutbrain 5y ago
I don't worry much about it. I can go back to corporate slavery any time. In fact there's massive labor shortage Open-Source brings many more opportunities as a side-effect. Especially networking, eg. "I saw this guy on on Gi
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Tell HN: I've rejected $1.4M offer to work on open-source instead
17 points by coconutbrain 5y ago|30 comments