Slides: http://slides.com/balupton/open-source-life/
Projects:
- B2evolution
- jQuery Plugins
- History.js
- DocPad
- Interconnect
- ChainyJS
Initiatives:
- Open-Collaboration
- Startup Hostel
- Static Site Generators.net
- Open-Company Initiative
Some tangible takeways:
- If you want to become successful in open-source
- If you want to be requested by companies
- If you want to be able to deal with paparatzi
- If you want to stay... semi-sane
Some age-old lessons:
- Success is not a straight forward path
- It's okay to not know where you're going
- Failure is feedback
- A slap in the face
- Goals change, that's okay
- Refinement and focus requires life experience
- Growth happens outside your comfort zone
- Boundaries must be pushed to be established
- You must be ready for growth
- Otherwise you will regress / Life is important, invest in it
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1997 (7-8)
- Started programming (HTML/CSS)
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2006 (16-17)
- jQuery's rise to fame
- jQuery plugins
- Started University
- B2evolution
- Freelancing through open-source
- Immersed myself in community
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2009 (19-20)
- jQuery Plugins
- Full-time javascript developer
- $18k/year - $20/hour
- Immersed myself in tech
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2011 (21-22)
- Created History.js
- Aloha Editor
- DocPad
- Idea-Share
- Moved to Sydney
- Startups
- Think & Grow Rich
- Medical & Government
- $91k/year - $75/hour
- Immersed myself in business
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2012 (22-23)
- Joined BugHerd
- Part-time DocPad
- Startup Workaway
- Idea Share => Startup Hostel
- Broke (it's okay, life goes on)
- Studied Presence
- Got bailed out
- Got work
- $84k/year - $150/hour
- Immersed myself in personal development
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2013 (23-24)
- Full-time DocPad
- India (wait... opinions are good?)
- Bali (Startup Hostel => Network)
- Broke (blindspots are evil)
- Toronto
- Sponsorship
- $84k/year - na/hour
- Berlin (Hacker Retreat)
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2014 (24-25)
- Toronto
- End of sponsorship
- Broke (diversity is important)
- Health (disassembly is important)
- Consulting
- $96k/year - $80/hour
- ChainyJS
- Immersed myself in psychology
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2015 (26-27)
- Trainings
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2020 (30-31)
- Fiji
- It takes a very long time
- It is very hard