“There you are all bright-eyed and eager, ready to roll up your
sleeves and go to work in the exciting new world of Free/Open
Source software. You have rosy visions of getting paid to do
enjoyable, challenging work. Maybe even fat stock options that vest
while you are still young, so you can quit the wage-slave routine
and venture forth on your own and maybe even fund projects
yourself.“You can’t count on fat stock options, because they are just as
hard to come by as they are in any profession, but getting paid to
do enjoyable, challenging work is exciting all by itself, and quite
probable in the FOSS world…”
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