Comment on Ask HN: Has anyone got a job by contributing to open source projects?Comments−jsqu997yI did!I can't tell you how exciting it was to be hired to help a company enhance the https://github.com/spree/spree extension I authored.It was the most rewarding phase of a 20+ year career.Bottom line: if you make yourself known/valuable in a community, opportunities will pop up. Go for it!−anindhaOP7ySpree looks cool. Some big companies are using it.
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I did!
I can't tell you how exciting it was to be hired to help a company enhance the https://github.com/spree/spree extension I authored.
It was the most rewarding phase of a 20+ year career.
Bottom line: if you make yourself known/valuable in a community, opportunities will pop up. Go for it!
Spree looks cool. Some big companies are using it.