Why do people contribute to the R? – concolusions from a new PNAS article
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People contribute to R for various reasons, which evolves with time. The main reasons appear to be: “fun coding”, personal commitment to the community, interaction with like-minded and/or important people – leading to higher self-esteem, future job opportunities, a chance to express oneself and enjoyable social inclusion.
r-bloggers.com featured our paper Motivation, values, and work design as drivers of participation in the R open source project for statistical computing. You can read the full story here.