Really great writeup, thanks for sharing. I, for one, certainly don't mind people submitting their own stuff.

This is a great topic for people who are still working for someone else. One issue I've had is that I'm basically incapable of treating anything like a "day job". I want work really hard and pour passion into anything I do. When I have a day job I tend to give my best energy to it, draining me from my own projects.