"I Quit My Job to Do Open Source Full Time" - Josh's Story

Can you make a living via open source? In this episode of the Open Source Cafe, I had a conversation with Josh Goldberg (ex Microsoft), where we discussed what it's like to be an open source maintainer full time including how you can contribute as well! ➡️ Resources: Kubescape - https://hubs.la/Q012KVqQ0 Lens: https://k8slens.dev/?utm_source=Cloud... Monokle: https://github.com/kubeshop/monokle?u... Datree: https://datree.io/?utm_source=youtube... Teleport: http://goteleport.com/kunal Connect with Josh:   / joshuakgoldberg   ➡️ Connect with me: http://kunalkushwaha.com ========================================= Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction 1:00 How did you get started 2:00 Your experience as an SDE 2:40 What made you quit job 3:45 What is Open Source to you 4:50 Benefits of being a maintainer 6:05 Challenges faced by a maintainer 7:05 Projects you are currently working on 8:36 How do you make a living 10:10 Difference b/w working for a company v/s for open-source 11:32 What if companies don’t sponsor Open-Source 13:06 The ‘80-20’ rule 14:16 What next for you 14:50 Outro #opensource #career #tech