Earlier this year, Tidelift completed its first ever survey of open source maintainers. Nearly 400 maintainers responded with thoughts about how they fund their work, what they enjoy about being a maintainer, what they don’t like so much, along with a host of other interesting insights. In this panel, Tidelift’s Brenna Heaps invites some of her maintainer friends to discuss key findings from the survey.
Lawrence Hecht has been producing research reports about information technology markets for the last 17 years. Lawrence previously managed “voice of the customer” surveys for the 451 Research and TheInfoPro about enterprise IT B2B markets such as Cloud Computing, Data Analytics, and Information Security. In 1999, he created the Internet Public Policy Network (IPPN), a network of subject-matter experts that provided custom research, white papers and advice about technology-related public policy issues. Lawrence works with writers to identify data to develop actionable insights based on primary and secondary research. He currently uses these skills to create content for thought leadership and peer evangelism programs. Lawrence earned a Master of Public Policy from Georgetown University and Bachelor of Arts from Rutgers University.
