People & CultureConference45min
The developer's guide to making money in the open-source galaxy
This talk shares the speaker’s journey creating JobRunr, an open-source job scheduler, and how it enabled financial independence. It covers the challenges and rewards of open-source development, the benefits of learning multiple languages, and practical advice on achieving product-market fit and becoming a full-time open-source developer.
Ronald DehuysserJobRunr
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Tuesday, February 10, 14:15-15:00
Room B
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Do you also dream about the 4-hour workweek? Ever wanted to go to Voxxed Days CERN without having to ask your boss for permission?
In this talk, I'll share my personal story: the story behind JobRunr, an open-source distributed job scheduler that now pays my bills! I'll explain why it makes sense to learn different programming languages, I'll tell you all about the highs and the lows I encountered during the development of JobRunr, I'll show you how open-source can be a marketing bliss and I'll enlighten you with my plans for the future.
After this session, you will know whether being a full-time open-source developer is something for you, how you can find product market fit and how you can also become your own boss!
In this talk, I'll share my personal story: the story behind JobRunr, an open-source distributed job scheduler that now pays my bills! I'll explain why it makes sense to learn different programming languages, I'll tell you all about the highs and the lows I encountered during the development of JobRunr, I'll show you how open-source can be a marketing bliss and I'll enlighten you with my plans for the future.
After this session, you will know whether being a full-time open-source developer is something for you, how you can find product market fit and how you can also become your own boss!
Ronald Dehuysser
Meet Ronald Dehuysser, a software architect from Belgium and creator of JobRunr. Seamlessly integrating with Spring Boot, Micronaut, and Quarkus, JobRunr is Ronald's solution for efficient distributed background job processing.
When he's not working on open-source software, he is probably either rock climbing or sipping a fine Belgian Duvel beer.
When he's not working on open-source software, he is probably either rock climbing or sipping a fine Belgian Duvel beer.
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