Laurent Pinchart, a.k.a. The Media Controller Guy, is a Linux kernel developer working on video capture and display. Here he tells us about the lucky introduction that got him involved in Linux and recalls the time a Taiwanese company tried to pay him $50,000 for the free software he developed. 

Welcome to week 16 in our 30-week series that profiles the world's leading Linux kernel developers. This week we talk to Jiří Slabý, a young developer who tells us why he likes working on the Linux kernel: "Because no one can really understand the kernel fully. It is a constantly changing ecosystem and one still has to learn something new. And, it is also the people. They taught me real programming."

This week's 30 Linux Kernel Developers in 30 Weeks profile goes in depth with Mauro Carvalho Chehab. As maintainer of the Linux kernel media susbsytem, Carvalho Chehab works from Brazil where he focuses as much time as he can on helping new developers learn how best to contribute and work with the community.