Re: Are devs who work on or use open source happier in their employment?

2010-09-24 Thread Filipe David Manana
On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 7:47 PM, Mark Thomas ma...@apache.org wrote: On 23/09/2010 08:37, Grant Ingersoll wrote: Are devs who work on or use open source happier in their day jobs? Tricky. For me, I started working on open source as a hobby. I really enjoyed my previous (non-OSS) job but it is

Re: Are devs who work on or use open source happier in their employment?

2010-09-24 Thread Grant Ingersoll
On Sep 23, 2010, at 10:15 PM, Henri Yandell wrote: I've not seen any studies. I have a slightly different view as developing is only part of what I do nowadays... so I'll share it/bore you with it :) The source isn't the only part, Open applies to a lot more in your standard OSS project:

Re: Are devs who work on or use open source happier in their employment?

2010-09-24 Thread Santiago Gala
On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 5:37 PM, Grant Ingersoll gsing...@apache.org wrote: One of the things I've noticed in my day job, which is admittedly self-selecting since I work for a company that engages with people deploying open source, is that I routinely hear, how shall I say it, more enjoyment