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So a couple of years ago while I was in university I was really passionate about 3D graphics and making 3d models for games. But it was not enough to make 3D models, I wanted to get them into games. That's how I got into contact with open source project because the software used to get assets into games was an open source project. And now that I think about it, it was totally worth it. I meet some really amazing people. For example, the project that I took over was developed initially by someone who eventually started working for Apple. I took a look at the code he wrote and figured out I can do the same without too much effort. So I continued his work. Now honestly it wasn't that complicated and I am not boasting here but at the same, it felt like something amazing for me. It was one of his first projects and later he moved on to much more complicated and serious stuff. The link for the project can be found here: https://github.com/Alecu100/maya_nif_plugin I also got to l