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The original was posted on /r/opensource by /u/pearlkele on 2025-04-11 16:34:29+00:00.

So I was lay off few months ago. I am struggling a bit with finding a new job ( though maybe if I stop looking just for remote ones it will be easier).

I remember that ~6 years ago when I was looking for my first junior dev job I was contributing to open source project (~800 stars on Github). It helped me a lot getting first job, at least to get some interviews.

After that I was still contributing but at some point I got burned out working on the project after work hours. The perfect situation would be working on open source project that is related to paid work, but I guess it’s rare.

I wanted to hear you guys and about your experience. Do you think open source is helpful getting paid jobs? Or this works better for juniors who can show “any experience”. Is there a lot of you who earn for living working on open source (my dream job :D)