[spaced-out]

Maybe programmers will adopt a similar model to artists and musicians. Do a lot of work for free/practically nothing hoping that some day you can make it "big" and land a full time role.

[ganzuul]

That is already the recommendation. Pick an open source project and contribute.

[Jeff_Brown]

And most people who consider the job are driven away by the economics of it.

[kyawzazaw]

we already have that with unpaid interns and PhD students