[someoneinworld]

Just curious how do folks make a living with free contributions not associated to any company? Is it sponsorships or they do some contract work on the side ? It feels these devs are soo underappreciated for the tremendous work they do, so much in software is supported on so many of these projects and companies dont sponsor or do the right thing !

[snizovtsev]

Living in Russia could be very cheap compared to other countries. If you own a flat and you don't need cars or travel, then it's possible to live a few years just on money saved from your previous software job.

[someoneinworld]

But its still seems like a massive system failure which cant help folks who have built that is used by so many industries.