I'd suggest to try each and see what sits best for you personally. :) Some projects won't earn any money but might be more fun because of the project itself. Other projects might earn you money but require more of your time, or might not be as interesting or challenging. It really varies. You might also find your situation requires you to spend more of your time on the money earning than the fun community based stuff. You have to eat after all. I consider myself lucky to have such a job that I enjoy. Many people don't. At some point you may find yourself as a developer by trade, and a developer for fun. Or perhaps some other hobby that's not computer related. Life is too short to be doing stuff you don't love. Outsource the rest! :)
On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 7:35 AM, Nathan Chere <nathan.ch...@saiglobal.com>wrote: > This sounds like a job for BizSpark: > > http://www.microsoft.com/bizspark/ > > Essentially free access to all the MS stack development tools you could > possibly need for 3 years while you get your business up and running. Buy > licenses for what you use at the end of the 3 years if it takes off, no > loss if it doesn't (there used to be a $100 "exit fee" but they scrapped > it). > > -----Original Message----- > From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] > On Behalf Of Katherine Moss > Sent: Tuesday, 9 July 2013 8:24 AM > To: ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com > Subject: the Open Source community for .NET developers: the value of > joining and developing OS VS. for-proffit development > > Hello all, > This question is one that I'm wrestling with right now. As I'm learning > to develop with C# and PowerShell (I want my first project to be a > PowerShell-based SSH client with some of the already-developed libraries > for the protocol at its core), I see a lot of places where I could > eventually join the .Net community as an open source developer (helping > other projects and volunteering my time where other projects need a hand) > and earn money through donations and through support contracts if my own > personal project ideas ever take off. I'm definitely getting there > though, I know that. But how do you decide based on the cost of > development software (Visual Studio Professional 2012 and TFS 2012, or in > my case, the express version of TFS used for CI and hooked up to a CodePlex > either Git or TFS but probably TFS repository), and weigh the costs against > going entirely for-proffit, in other words, closed source, proprietary > development? I like the idea of Open Source because it allows the code to > be available for everyone, especially if you find that you are already > working at a job you love, right? So do you weigh the benefits and > drawbacks of the Open Source community based on how much time you want to > spend on a project? (though I don't think that should be the only factor; > some of the best software in my opinion is not from the commercial market > but from the OS community). Thanks all for your thoughts; I'm really > trying to decide this; I see myself as an administrator by trade and a > developer for the fun and enjoyment of it. > > > > This message has been scanned for malware by Websense. www.websense.com >
