It's not dumb luck, you put yourself in the picture by contributing to the project. If you were picked up on the streets by the Spotify CEO because he accidentally overheard you talking about developing software, now that would have been dumb luck.
I believe some luck was involved. At the height of the Puppet community and size of PuppetConf our paths could've easily never crossed.
But you're also right, I put in a lot of work there and it paid for itself. Ironically none of this was done with the purpose of getting a job, I had one already that I was quite happy with.
