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-**Cognitive Load**: Switching contexts between one's own project and InnerSource work can temporarily reduce productivity.
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-**Informal Influence**: Power networks within organizations often form across reporting lines, rather than within them.
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## Sketch (optional)
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## Sketch
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_(Optional illustration of a person bridging multiple teams through contribution lines, forming a network of reputation that extends beyond a siloed organizational chart.)_
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_(Illustration of a person bridging multiple teams through contribution lines, forming a network of reputation that extends beyond a siloed organizational chart.)_
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## Solution
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This creates a reinforcing loop where career incentives and organizational goals align more closely.
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## Rationale (optional)
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## Rationale
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From a **career development** perspective, diverse project experience, network breadth, and initiative-taking are strong signals of promotability.
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**Psychologically**, autonomy, mastery, and purpose—core drivers of motivation—are naturally supported by InnerSource work.
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From a **game theory** lens, InnerSource transforms isolated career efforts into a reputational economy, where value created for others is returned through visibility, referrals, and opportunities.
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## Known Instances (optional)
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## Known Instances
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- At a multinational tech company, engineers who consistently contributed to popular InnerSource libraries were selected for leadership tracks despite not being part of the library's core team.
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- In a large European bank, InnerSource contributors were invited to speak at internal engineering conferences, accelerating their visibility and influence.
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## Status
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Draft shared for review. Seeking feedback from InnerSource Commons members and contributors who've experienced career growth through InnerSource.
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- Initial
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## Author(s) (optional)
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## Authors
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As told to ChatGPT by practitioners familiar with InnerSource career outcomes.
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- Jeff Bailey
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- Sebastian Spier
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## Acknowledgments (optional)
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Thanks to InnerSource Commons community members and contributors to career development literature for inspiring ideas used in this pattern.
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