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[–] BillBurBaggins@lemmy.world -1 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

"most" open source project contributors are looking for work? Lol ok bud

[–] LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Yeah. Broken economy, broken world, etc etc. it's like a bad dream that won't end. IRL is the doomscroll now.

I don't blame you, just be thankful you're so out of touch you find it hard to believe.

[–] sobchak@programming.dev 3 points 4 hours ago

IDK about most. But, I've seen many OS contributors say they're looking for work. Seen one recently saying he won't be contributing much to the project anymore because he's housing-insecure. Seen maintainers for popular projects get laid off and are now looking for work. Seen people with 10+ and 20+ years of experience not being able to find a job after many months.