I've definitely thought about it and I imagine it's my end game. But I'm hesitant if I'm truly ready and have the right skills for that. Would that self growth be better than contributing to something larger first (perhaps building more connections on the way)?
There's Many intentions behind it. In rough order of importance;
- working on a medium-large repo size exercises more skills than just jumping into anything alone. Growth is my biggest factor for the next few years.
- OS introduces me to a community of passionate devs. Who can be anything from mentors to expand my horizons, to friends to future contacts.
- I'd choose to contribute to tools I would probably use for my own projects. So I can dig into repos early and know it intimately for the time I'd need to branch for my own project
- potential clout in certain communities can open other doors.
- Resume material is never bad if everything else falls through
It's not my end game but I think it'll help in many ways. And Personally I always had a certain respect for the OS community and want to give back, and hopefully pay if forward. .
I'll keep that in mind. Maybe it will be yet another venture of "I want to connect with people but no one else does" but nothing ventured...
And it would be a soul crushing world if I simply submitted to the fact that we're more connected than ever, but simultaneously I can't find literally anyone else to connect with without money being involved. I have at least a good decade in my heart left to fight that mentality.
That's the hopeful end goal. I unfortuntately need a lot of time and learning to make a product worth paying for, though. being self-sufficient is liberating but terrifying unstable in the beginning. Need to establish proper safeaguards first.
