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Ask HN: How do you make a living contributing to and/or creating OSS projects?

87 points Brysonbw | 1 comments | 02 Apr 25 18:24 UTC | HN request time: 0.203s | source

How would one go about being a 'rogue' OSS contributor so to speak? Live off of donations, bounties, hackathons, ect?
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poisonborz ◴[02 Apr 25 19:06 UTC] No.43560314[source]▶
Imagine doing something out of passion and goodwill.
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1. palata ◴[02 Apr 25 19:26 UTC] No.43560540[source]▶
Yeah, and how good it feels when random people come complaining about you not adding a feature they want for free or not being responsive enough! /s