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Rikki Endsley is the Developer Program managing editor at Red Hat, and a former community architect and editor for Opensource.com. In the past, she worked as the community evangelist on the Open Source and Standards (OSAS) team at Red Hat; a freelance tech journalist; community manager for the USENIX Association; associate publisher of Linux Pro Magazine, ADMIN, and Ubuntu User; and as the managing editor of Sys Admin magazine and UnixReview.com. Follow her on Twitter at: @rikkiends.
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I think the tl;dr is: Red Hatters tend to be enthusiastic about the company and our projects, and you also see this kind of enthusiasm at other companies with an "open organization" type of business model. I've been fortunate to work at other companies with cultures similar to Red Hat's, but not everyone has that experience. Conclusion: When you work on projects you're proud of, with people you like and respect, and feel invested in a company that allows you to control your career, being enthusiastic is easy. Hope that helps.
If you aren't familiar with our CEO's book, this might help, too: https://opensource.com/resources/what-open-organization
I refer to his book a few times in my essay.