(which I think is unrelated to this, but maybe run by the same people. I can't tell if OmniSharp is its own standalone company staffed entirely with MS people, or what - or is it just a "club" of really smart MS people?)
Nothing more than a few lines but they were the difference between being able to see a webpage a 500 error on the default templates so maybe a little worthwhile.
It was so very enjoyable and fulfilling to be working on a project that will be used by so many people. And the nature of giving back to the community really was its own reward.
I'm looking forward to this new world of .NET where it is so much more open and average joe developers can throw in fixes for weird things they find in real time, rather than waiting on bottlenecks at the company.