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Re:VideoLAN is 20 years old today by jbk on Monday February 01, 2021 @03:14PM (#25993205)
> But if this attitude is prevalent, do you feel you are having a harder time attracting talent than say 10-20 years ago?

A lot lot lot harder than in the past. You have no idea...

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Re:VideoLAN is 20 years old today by FabHK on Monday February 01, 2021 @05:57PM (#25995286)
wow, I had no idea indeed. Interesting (and dispiriting) to know.

(It is frustrating already that when you say that you program, a certain kind of youngster asks "frontend or backend?", and when you say neither, they say knowingly, "oh, fullstack!" (>_<) )

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Re:VideoLAN is 20 years old today by gspr on Monday February 01, 2021 @04:32PM (#25994260)
Are you worried about the VideoLAN projects going forward? Should other foundational free software projects be worried too?
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Re:VideoLAN is 20 years old today by jbk on Monday February 01, 2021 @04:34PM (#25994292)
A bit, to be honest. Which is why we're doing some professional work to fund it.
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