HN commenter: "Sometimes you have to pay your dues and do at-cost or volunteer work." <-- Strong. Disagree. Neither required nor sufficient.
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There exist OSS devs of critically ecosystemicly important work who are starving artists because they haven't figured out sales/marketing.
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Conversely many people whose careers are enviable on any metric have no publicly accessible code, because companies pay them for their work.
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@patio11 so true. Of course, if you build/maintain OSS *and* can sell, it’s a great path to a steady stream of gigs and/or product income.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@patio11 can confirmThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@patio11 A portfolio is not sufficient but it is necessary.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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