>It's not that people don't want to be competent.
There are plenty of devs that are just there for the paycheck and have minimal passion or interest in learning more.
There are plenty of devs that are just there for the paycheck and have minimal passion or interest in learning more.
The entire startup ecosystem is based on extracting from the economy people who are motivated, do their work efficiently and learn high skills, and giving them millionaire-or-bankrupt stakes to ensure they’re committed.
Actual founder? Sure. Early employees get a raw deal. Honestly it better if you earn the most from salary, and invest the extra cash in startups. You'll get more equity.
They are paid to do a job. Just have to specify what that job is in a correct way.
Dismissing people as just being there for the paycheck - that's you and every other developer.
The number of people who produce useful OSS projects because they just like the project and aren't filling out resume points to hope bigtech senpai notices them is astronomically small, and usually the sort of political project nobody wants to touch.