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0 pointsvijaybritto4y ago0 comments

Thats a very good point. In my company whoever writes the most valuable and extensive docs are looked up by people automatically. Either for clarifications or just networking. For the past couple of months I have been making devtools for QA and documenting them and just recently found out that every single team uses them and got recognized for it in the all hands!!

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peakaboo4y ago

Any extra salary? No of course not. Lol.

lhorie4y ago

Anecdata, but after I released Mithril.js, I started getting contacted by recruiters from Bay Area companies. I now make 4 times as much as I did when I first started working on it. I know of other folks that got poached by high tech companies due to growing prominence in open source.

FWIW, my experience reflects GP that people really appreciate someone who takes the time to teach/help others. YMMV.

krageon4y ago

Working on OSS and working for high tech companies are two things that are diametrically opposite. The latter is not a reward for the former, unless you were only ever writing OSS to pad your resume.

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jokethrowaway4y ago

And it's very well deserved, Mithril is amazing!

I never had a really successful OSS project but I have a few friends who had or were maintainers of successful projects.

One got poached by FB, another one is a contractor at a higher than average rate.

xwdv4y ago

Was your original salary at the average market rate?

vijaybrittoOP4y ago

Ha ha no. I didnt even have a discussion about that. I think i need to talk to my manager at some point. But he has been very supportive!

sumedh4y ago

Just out of curiosity, what is your age? You can give a range if you are not comfortable sharing the exact number.

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