I've been coding for about 8years now, professionally about half that time. I've always enjoyed it, or I think I have(it's the only thing i've been good at), but through that time I never found/understood the reason behind opensource contributions. I know the theory about going the distance together, but never gave it some thought, at least until my boss thought it'd put me on a better position professionally(same with this article being public) I worked on 2 first time issues over this wee...