For me, the priority is not open source, but rather the growth of my own creative invention. What I want is to get paid to grow my own vision, not that of someone else.

For me, creating software is an expression of Creativity. I to be able to explore my creative interests. Not those of someone else. I want to create things that interest primarily myself. I suppose the key to that success is to find a topic which has enough people are of interest that would be willing to give me revenue to work on that topic.