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jarin on March 22, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: SuperHappyDevHouse

I can't think of a single good programmer I know who hasn't worked on at least one open-source project or written things in their spare time.

Conversely, I can think of a lot of crappy programmers who have not ever contributed to an open source project or even put together their own website.

georgieporgie on March 22, 2011 [–]

That observation does not validate, "coders seem to think people who don't want to work on some OSS project / side project during their free time can't be exceptional coders."

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