Re:So you're using a weird language
by scarface74 on Thursday October 06, 2022 @01:44PM
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> people tend to seek meaning not money. The emergence of OSS ecosystem is the best example -- a lot of it, including
Look at a list of who the largest contributors are to Linux.
https://news.itsfoss.com/huawei-kernel-contribution/
Most of the contributors are getting paid to do so.
Do you really think most of the 2.7 million developers in the US are contributing to open source?
Re:So you're using a weird language
by throwaway290 on Thursday October 06, 2022 @02:33PM
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Absolutely the case now, but not quite how these things tend to get started.
Regarding how many in the US contribute, I don't know the stats... Could probably be more if work-life balance/employment security was better.
Re:So you're using a weird language
by scarface74 on Thursday October 06, 2022 @03:02PM
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Read about the “Dark Matter Developers”
https://www.hanselman.com/blog/dark-matter-developers-the-un...
Where have you seen that?
> I’m motivated to get up everyday for the same reason most people are - money.
You are quite mistaken. Once they have enough to exist comfortably, people tend to seek meaning not money. The emergence of OSS ecosystem is the best example -- a lot of it, including the most popular OS in the world, came about as hobby projects people did in their spare time. If you're a software engineer, I bet you use products of their passion a lot in your money-making activities.
> I bet you’re looking for people with “passion” and who are willing to consistently put in more than 40 hours a week aren’t you?
Again, all else equal, if I need to make a decision as to who would be a better, more capable employee in absence of other information, the one who managed to be productive in an obscure language would be higher on my list. Just that. Everything else, making people work overtime, etc., is your addition.