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Good point (media.scored.co)
posted 1 year ago by diogenesofthearch on scored.co (+0 / -0 / +86Score on mirror )
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MI7BZ3EW on scored.co
1 year ago 1 point (+0 / -0 / +1Score on mirror ) 1 child
In reality...

Some kid writes some software, publishes it under, say GPL.

The software turns out to be useful. Lots of people start using it.

Company X wants to use his software, but they want to make changes to it. Rather than having their employees work on it, they hire the kid at a decent salary to keep working on it, in the direction they want.

If the software becomes super popular (like Linux) then the kid forms his own company that works for hire for other companies on a contract basis, often selling certification programs or training courses and whatnot, and at the same time, soliciting donations.

This has happened thousands of times to thousands of people in the software industry. Go look up any piece of moderately successful open source software projects and you'll see a success story of the people behind it.
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Brannvesen on scored.co
1 year ago 0 points (+0 / -0 )
Yea, I kind of forgot this part of it. Definitely many such cases. Open source contributions is also a great way to prove that you know what you're doing when looking for jobs if the workplace is legit and are actually looking for skilled developers.

To say there's no money in open source software or call it communism is just retarded.
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