Name: Why Don't More Big Tech Engineers Contribute To Open Source?
Uploaded: 2024-09-27T08:16:37+00:00
Duration: 4 min 57 s
Description: The modern software industry runs on open source software

Why Don't More Big Tech Engineers Contribute To Open Source?

The modern software industry runs on open source software. Should more software engineers (especially those in Big Tech) contribute back to open source?

The modern software industry runs on open source software

James was an Engineering Director and Principal Engineer at Meta (Facebook), where he led the Open Source initiatives. James worked at Meta for more than 10 years until 2022. He started his career in tech in the 90s in the United Kingdom.

In 2022, James left the corporate world to sail on his boat (Scout) and build an open-source project called TinyBase (a data store for local-first apps).

Open-source software is computer software that is released under a license in which the copyright holder grants users the rights to use, study, change, and distribute the software and its source code. 

Open-source software may be developed in a collaborative, public manner.

Often refers to the "Big 5": Google, Meta, Amazon, Apple, and Microsoft. They have all broken the 1 trillion dollar mark at some point and are premier career destinations for software engineers.