[SingAlong]

This resonates with me. Although a relatively small and unknown project, I’m in phase-9 for asdf version manager.

The maintainers take good care of the project and I admire the energy and consistency that maintainers like Trevor Brown have.

I try really hard to contribute sometimes by responding to issues and closing them. But that is all the energy I can spare for the project.

At this point I would rather focus on anything that pays money than work on something purely for the sake of open source.

What I wish I knew 12yrs ago:

* Money is not a bad thing to take/have. * Irrespective of whether projects are opensource or paid, they need to be sustainable.

[Guthur]

Being active in a project is also quite useful when looking for salaried work.

If be surprised if any worth while prospective employer did not look favourably upon it. It's often the most visible past software work you have.