So you've created a Python-based open source project and it's started to take off. You're getting contributors, lots of buzz in the podcast space, and more. But you have that day job working on Java. How do you make the transition from popular hobby project to full time job? After all, you are giving away your open source project for free, right? Well, on this episode, I have put together an amazing panel of guests who all have done exactly this: Turned their project into full time work and even companies in some cases. We have Samuel Colvin, Gina Häußge, Sebastián Ramírez, Charlie Marsh, Will McGugan and Eric Holscher on to share their stories. Episode sponsors Basedash Sentry Error Monitoring, Code TALKPYTHON Talk Python Courses Links from the show Will McGugan: @willmcgugan Charlie Marsh: @charliermarsh@hachyderm Sebastián Ramírez: @tiangolo Samuel Colvin: @samuel_colvin Gina on Mastodon: chaos.social/@foosel Eric Holscher: @ericholscher Pydantic: pydantic.dev Astral (makes of Ruff): astral.sh Octoprint: octoprint.org Read the Docs: readthedocs.com FastAPI: fastapi.tiangolo.com Textual (makes of Rich): textualize.io Watch this episode on YouTube: youtube.com Episode transcripts: talkpython.fm --- Stay in touch with us --- Subscribe to us on YouTube: youtube.com Follow Talk Python on Mastodon: talkpython Follow Michael on Mastodon: mkennedy