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viewing a candidate's behavior and displayed competence on IRC networks is more useful in ways that that Github and StackExchange possibly can't provide.
Generally speaking, there are only a few ways to make money on the Internet. There are e-commerce companies and marketplaces — think Amazon, eBay and Uber — that profit from transactions occurring on their platforms. Hardware companies, like Apple or Fitbit, profit from gadgets. For everyone else, though, it more or less comes down to advertising.
Even if the companies you build don’t create liquidity events, it’s critical to leave a positive impact on everyone involved.