I worked in fintech for a long time, building a product which leveraged a bunch of open source components from the Apache Software Foundation. For years, I advocated with management to sponsor the ASF, or to hire a contributor to build some feature for us. Every time, I was shot down with bullshit arguments. "We don't have money", "It's complicated", etc.
Somehow, there was plenty of money for bonuses for sales weasels, but never any money for key technology. I tried to commit bug fixes whenever I could, and did my best to help out other users on the mailing lists. It would have been nice if the company could have spared a small part of the millions they were raking in ...
Somehow, there was plenty of money for bonuses for sales weasels, but never any money for key technology. I tried to commit bug fixes whenever I could, and did my best to help out other users on the mailing lists. It would have been nice if the company could have spared a small part of the millions they were raking in ...