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Re:How to pay your rent with your open source project by shard on Monday July 27, 2020 @07:51PM (#23970725)
It could also be in terms of showing open source community engagement to look attractive to employers, or to work on projects which are popular in corporate use, leading to being hired for that expertise.
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Re:How to pay your rent with your open source project by rikroots on Wednesday July 29, 2020 @05:21AM (#23984866)
I am in this camp. I created a GitHub account and started a project because a recruiter told me I needed to demonstrate my coding skills if I wanted anyone to take me seriously as a junior engineer prospect. Trying to get your first gig as a professional web developer when you're in your late forties is hard work!

Then the project I started decided to trigger my obsessive behaviours and take over my life. And so it goes.

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