I work for company ABC and my boss gives me a project. ABC is a pro open source kind of company so the first thing that I do is start looking there. Of course there isn't anything out there that is exactly what I need but I find a good chunk. I take it and improve apon it then contribute it back to the OSS project. At the same time company CBA, XYZ and PDQ are doing the same thing ( though PDQ doesn't contribute - the dorks... ). Now instead of a labor pool of me and the other three programmers at ABC I have a bunch of programmers. My project gets done on time and in budget. Companies ABC, CBA, XYZ and PDQ are very happy! My boss say "Stacy is awsome! Better keep him happy." and they do. Everybody wins! This REALLY happens. I do it and have seen it done by others. No, I am not going to become a bazillionare but what do you expect from 8-5. I am happy and so are my wife and kids. What more can you ask?
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I work for company ABC and my boss gives me a project. ABC is a pro open source kind of company so the first thing that I do is start looking there. Of course there isn't anything out there that is exactly what I need but I find a good chunk. I take it and improve apon it then contribute it back to the OSS project. At the same time company CBA, XYZ and PDQ are doing the same thing ( though PDQ doesn't contribute - the dorks... ). Now instead of a labor pool of me and the other three programmers at ABC I have a bunch of programmers. My project gets done on time and in budget. Companies ABC, CBA, XYZ and PDQ are very happy! My boss say "Stacy is awsome! Better keep him happy." and they do. Everybody wins!
This REALLY happens. I do it and have seen it done by others. No, I am not going to become a bazillionare but what do you expect from 8-5. I am happy and so are my wife and kids. What more can you ask?