Complex sentence: For a couple years this was just volunteer development done while I was in film school... eventually around the end of 2004 Jimmy Wales approached me about contracting half-time to make sure I continued to have time to work on wiki stuff.
Split into simpler sentences: For a couple years this was just volunteer development while I was in film school. Eventually, around the end of 2004, Jimmy Wales approached me about contracting half-time to make sure I could continue to work on wiki stuff.