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I do a few. Tech related: http://www.freecodecamp.com/ http://www.freecodecamp.com/ Because I never felt that comfortable with web development. The interface

I do a few. Tech related: http://www.freecodecamp.com/ http://www.freecodecamp.com/ Because I never felt that comfortable with web development. The interface is super easy to use and I can't wait to start helping non-profits. Non tech related: Write. I write and I write and I write. I have so much to say and I want to say it in the best way possible. Also draw. I don't draw as much as I should because I am so bad at it. But sometimes things with terrible art can still take off so it keeps me going. example: https://twitter.com/KeLuKeLuGames/status/553404094958694400/photo/1 https://twitter.com/KeLuKeLuGames/status/553404094958694400/...

smt88 11y ago
I love your idea for Free Code Camp. I love it so much that I did the same thing a few years ago. Unfortunately, after approaching and talking to dozens of nonprofits, we gave up. The Boards of NPOs tend to be highly egotistical, highly possessive morons. I can't tell you how many times we weren't allowed to fix an awful website because it had been a Board member's pet project done by one of their friends or relatives. Or, in many cases, the Managing Director just wouldn't give up control. I hope you have better luck. I've now worked with two industries I'll never work with again -- restaurants and nonprofits.
- kelukelugames 11y ago
  Wait, did you do freecodecamp.com or a similar idea on your own? The camp sets me up with the nonprofits. http://www.freecodecamp.com/nonprofits/directory http://www.freecodecamp.com/nonprofits/directory
  - smt88 11y ago
    Similar idea on my own. My understand was that you started Free Code Camp. When we actually did projects, they would accept the work, semi-cooperate, and then bury the finished product because the Board wouldn't approve it. Even if we didn't have someone hovering over the project, trying to micromanage it, we always ended up with a committee-based feedback system. No matter what we did, someone would hate some part of it and demand it be changed.

smt88 11y ago

I love your idea for Free Code Camp. I love it so much that I did the same thing a few years ago. Unfortunately, after approaching and talking to dozens of nonprofits, we gave up. The Boards of NPOs tend to be highly egotistical, highly possessive morons. I can't tell you how many times we weren't allowed to fix an awful website because it had been a Board member's pet project done by one of their friends or relatives. Or, in many cases, the Managing Director just wouldn't give up control. I hope you have better luck. I've now worked with two industries I'll never work with again -- restaurants and nonprofits.

kelukelugames 11y ago
Wait, did you do freecodecamp.com or a similar idea on your own? The camp sets me up with the nonprofits. http://www.freecodecamp.com/nonprofits/directory http://www.freecodecamp.com/nonprofits/directory
- smt88 11y ago
  Similar idea on my own. My understand was that you started Free Code Camp. When we actually did projects, they would accept the work, semi-cooperate, and then bury the finished product because the Board wouldn't approve it. Even if we didn't have someone hovering over the project, trying to micromanage it, we always ended up with a committee-based feedback system. No matter what we did, someone would hate some part of it and demand it be changed.