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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: 0s | 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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benhoyt ◴[02 Apr 25 20:04 UTC] No.43560923[source]▶
I do it by working for Canonical. The vast majority of our projects are open source. Yes, Canonical's application process is very long and thorough, but it's a good company to work for. Those aren't "my" projects, of course; I'm still very much working for an employer, but it's nice that our development effort is in the open and freely available. I also maintain a few of my own open source projects, for which (via GitHub Sponsors) I get about enough for one coffee date with my wife.
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1. cedws ◴[03 Apr 25 03:10 UTC] No.43564264[source]▶
Canonical’s interview process sounds like more than just thorough, it sounds completely insane. I can’t believe people actually put up with that rubbish to have a chance to work at such a mediocre company.