I love being able to work on open source software (Bitcoin) and simply ping my awesome network of other Bitcoin builders for advice, tips, debugging help, technical questions, etc.

It is a force multiplier in many cases.

It's especially helpful when you are working on a project alone, as it can feel isolating at times. It's much different than working in a corporate environment where you would be interacting with peers daily.

Sometimes simply in the act of attempting to explain a problem to someone else you will discover the answer. Sometimes you won't even need to spend the message, simply articulating it can be enough.