Oh, dang, as a person who grew up idolizing open source software this feels a bit weird.
Yeah, watch out for predators, but it does feel good to be part of a hobbyist community that produces stuff that's useful to people... including private corporations. Trying to put my finger on what the difference is...
I did volunteer on an IRC room to write a section for Linux.com/tuneup decades ago. It was neat to see some of my work translated into Russian and other languages, and it helped me refine my technical writing as I made the transition from academic to corporate work. (and damn straight did I put it on my resumé for some time) And it was also convenient for me to refer to my own notes on the site later when I wanted to remember how to rebuild a raid array or something. It seems silly to dig through notes in my Google drive or OneNote now which I know I pay for in ad eyeball revenue.
That said, I do feel like I spend way too much time writing stuff on reddit or Instagram to provide content that's not very useful but marketable - to someone else's benefit. Where to draw the line in the sand for living a satisfactory life of service to others?
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Oh, dang, as a person who grew up idolizing open source software this feels a bit weird.
Yeah, watch out for predators, but it does feel good to be part of a hobbyist community that produces stuff that's useful to people... including private corporations. Trying to put my finger on what the difference is...
I did volunteer on an IRC room to write a section for Linux.com/tuneup decades ago. It was neat to see some of my work translated into Russian and other languages, and it helped me refine my technical writing as I made the transition from academic to corporate work. (and damn straight did I put it on my resumé for some time) And it was also convenient for me to refer to my own notes on the site later when I wanted to remember how to rebuild a raid array or something. It seems silly to dig through notes in my Google drive or OneNote now which I know I pay for in ad eyeball revenue.
That said, I do feel like I spend way too much time writing stuff on reddit or Instagram to provide content that's not very useful but marketable - to someone else's benefit. Where to draw the line in the sand for living a satisfactory life of service to others?