A LinkedIn comment I made on an adjacent topic:

> If the job market is unfavourable to juniors, become senior.

That requires networking with a depth deep enough that other professionals are willing to critique your work.

So... open-source contributions, I guess?

This increases pressure on senior developers who are the current maintainers of open-source packages at the same time that AI is stealing the attention economy that previously rewarded open-source work.

Seems like we need something like blockchain gas on open-source PRs to reduce spam, incentivize open-source maintainers, and enable others to signal their support for suggestions while also putting money where their mouth is.