On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 9:17 PM, Kris C <cpczk@yahoo.com> wrote:

Hi all,

I understand that a lot of you develop for free software and are passionate at what you do. But how do you pay the bills? What do you do for a living? Are you a student? Do you do software development just as a hobby, or do you want to make a living doing this kind of work?

I've followed this thread with some interest. I work as cluster admin for a university research department--It's decent work, good hrs and benefits. But also, exhausting. I have much more fun writing code than wrangling servers.

Writing open source software is good as a hobby, but also as resume material. The jobs in audio software are very competitive, so having some completed projects will help you a lot.

My current job and projects are (hopefully) a stepping stone to other more interesting jobs in the future.

Chuck