Developers were being scammed.
In too many cases, technical talent was the last to reap the benefits of their code. And the most appalling thing is, no one is actively teaching developers how to capture more value from the code that they write.
Every time, I would go to a Linux or Python meetup, the technology was different but some of the stories were the same.
There were open-source developers who maintained software that supported multi-national companies, but the developers were barely able to make rent.
There were developers who enthusiastically maintain packages that companies like AWS would fork, make the closed source, and then charge users for support. Hello MariaDB.
Whenever someone would bring up this injustice of companies not sharing profits with developers, someone would make some vague reference to the importance of socialism and make some vague critiques about the evils of capitalism.
No one, however, discusses sustainable business models to developers. Rarely do hackerspaces and tech meetups provide technologists the tools they need to market and sell their side projects.
The status quo simply can’t stand. “From Software to Sales” will break the taboo of talking about money. We will highlight everything from freelancing as a software developer to the marketing of an indie app.
Join us.
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