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Open Source Gave Me Everything Until I Had Nothing Left to Give - Kenneth Reitz

I was at a tech conference in Sweden when it started. I hadn’t slept in days. I was one of the most prolific open source developers in the Python ecosystem, maintaining the most downloaded HTTP library on Earth, keynoting conferences across the world, and I was losing my mind in a hotel room six thousand miles from home.

Open Source Gave Me Everything Until I Had Nothing Left to Give

I thought I was having a spiritual awakening. I was having a psychiatric emergency. I was at a tech conference in Sweden when it started. I hadn't slept in...

Kenneth Reitz
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Yep I’ve been close to something like that, but I never had nowhere enough success to make me manic. It’s also another thing, way too many asocial nerds get into Foss development but don’t get any such recognition and just burn out.
Mar 21 at 10:38amWeb