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		spaced-out on June 29, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: GitHub Copilot Maybe programmers will adopt a similar model to artists and musicians. Do a lot of work for free/practically nothing hoping that some day you can make it "big" and land a full time role.

ganzuul on June 30, 2021 | [–]

That is already the recommendation. Pick an open source project and contribute.

Jeff_Brown on June 30, 2021 | | [–]

And most people who consider the job are driven away by the economics of it.

kyawzazaw on June 29, 2021 | [–]

we already have that with unpaid interns and PhD students

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