The demand for Open Source Professionals has become increasingly popular in today’s major technology markets, with many of the hottest new enterprise technologies centered around free open source development. Key findings of the 2018 Open Source Jobs Report show that recruiting open source talent is a priority for 83% of hiring managers, which is a significant increase from 76% in 2017.
There is a wealth of opportunity for professional open source developers, many of whom currently offer their skills for free out of their passion for the technology. However, there are a copious amount of businesses and organizations willing to pay in an effort to source the best talent. As the above survey demonstrates, hiring managers evidently realize that collaborative open source development is a huge advantage and crucial in order to get up to speed with the world’s leading IT organizations - and stay there.
An easy way for these organizations to quickly find and entice open source developers to work on their projects above others is with a new blockchain platform called FundRequest. By leveraging the FundRequest platform, hiring projects can allot a reward to an issue they need resolved, which is then fixed into a smart contract and the issue is broadcasted across the entire GitHub community of over 24 million active open source developers.
Developers on GitHub can attempt to solve the issue requested to earn the set reward by simply clicking the link and registering with FundRequest. It is simple process but provides an enormous benefit to both the project enterprise - who needs the work done quickly and professionally, as well as the skilled developer - who as a result will be paid for their valuable time, effort and expertise. Additionally, the end user of the software and the technology industry as a whole benefits from the accelerated contribution to provoke new innovation that will push the industry forward.
Open source software allows IT leaders to apply greater flexibility, agility and speed in their projects development by attracting the best talent with a community of professionals working cooperatively towards the same goal, who are simultaneously in healthy competition with one another. With more eyes on a project that’s free to view by all, greater transparency can be achieved, which makes for a more reliable and secure solution as it is more thoroughly reviewed.
Open source is the future, and thanks to supportive communities like FundRequest we can reward those who are responsible for continually introducing innovations and advancing the technology that benefits us all.
To participate and find talent for your project you can register with the FundRequest Affiliate Network, or to find financially rewarding projects as a developer check out FundRequest.io.