Michael church makes an excellent point on one side.
There's another really important aspect: the multiplicative productivity speed up of building systems by working with a larger community of smart engineers. It's just damn faster to build large tools / libraries when more people are helping out.
I know some S class epic level engineers, some of whom I'd like to consider friends. The engineering projects they do are ridiculous, amazing, and just damn bAller.
But If you ask them why they open source, it's not just all the work opportunities they get. Another large part is that no one person is smart enough and productive enough to do everything on their own. (As much as we all dream of being super human. )
There's another really important aspect: the multiplicative productivity speed up of building systems by working with a larger community of smart engineers. It's just damn faster to build large tools / libraries when more people are helping out.
I know some S class epic level engineers, some of whom I'd like to consider friends. The engineering projects they do are ridiculous, amazing, and just damn bAller.
But If you ask them why they open source, it's not just all the work opportunities they get. Another large part is that no one person is smart enough and productive enough to do everything on their own. (As much as we all dream of being super human. )