Re:On Being a Free Software Maintainer
by throwaway309740 on Monday April 01, 2019 @12:00AM
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My advice? Don't.
FOSS, in my experience, will not make you money, will not get you a job, and will gradually suck up more and more of your free time until you have none left.
In can also be tedious and frustrating, especially dealing with users.
Usually if any money is made off of your labor, it's made by other people, and they never contribute any of it back.
FOSS, in my experience, will not make you money, will not get you a job, and will gradually suck up more and more of your free time until you have none left.
In can also be tedious and frustrating, especially dealing with users.
Usually if any money is made off of your labor, it's made by other people, and they never contribute any of it back.
Spend your time on something you can monetize.