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Because I get a thrill when I see people star my projects or even comment on how it can be improved.

I also believe that writing open source software is a fantastic way to land more jobs as it proves to your employer that:

1. You can release software.

2. You can write clean code (your wrote clean code, right?)

3. You can use a DCVS like Git or Mercurial.

Where's the downside?




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