This article was pretty interesting and I figured I'd take a brief moment to write out something I've been struggling with trying to accomplish in hopes that maybe someone could shed some light about how to approach it...

I've been trying to come up with a solid way that would fund my minimum livable income($15000/year) in order to allow me to dedicate 1-2 years full time to nothing but open source & MIT license projects but finding support for open source isn't exactly mainstream.

A lot of times when I approach companies/individuals with the idea they instantly want to know which projects I'd be creating/working on and most people straight up tell me they wouldn't "fund" someone unless it benefits directly them which is kind of a shame.

I've been debating attempting a "Kickstater" for something like this because I think the community in general would benefit greatly from someone in this sort of position with no ties to other commitments.