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Both your and the grandparent comments have an imperfect analogy. No one gets paid for doing professional archery as a daily wage-earning job in the modern worl
by parennoob 11y ago
Both your and the grandparent comments have an imperfect analogy. No one gets paid for doing professional archery as a daily wage-earning job in the modern world.
I would say our position is more akin to professional car mechanic setting up shop on weekends and offering something like "I'll fix your car for free and teach you how to do it, but no guarantees!" Would professional mechanics accuse him of devaluing their industry? Probably. Could he say "I like to fix cars in my spare time, and I'm doing what I love. Buzz off!" Sure.
Here's the thing though -- auto mechanics, they have unions and certification, and therefore are probably more aware about downward pressure on wages and such. Which is why you won't find many qualified hobbyist auto mechanics on the weekend like I described. (On the flip side, their flexibility is far more limited than programmers'. So I'' still take the programmer job.)
- morgante 11y agoNobody is saying you should work for others for free. Tons of car mechanics do in fact spend their weekends tinkering on cars for fun. Some of them restore old cars, others work on custom modifications. It's a whole part of car culture. Hobbyist auto mechanics absolutely are a thing. Of course, nobody thinks they're devaluing the work of other mechanics by scratching their own itch on weekends. Likewise, when I work on my own personal projects it doesn't "destroy the industry." I'm not doing bespoke work on other people's projects for free, I'm building stuff I personally find fulfilling.
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- aidenn0 11y agoTons of car mechanics fix up old cars for themselves on the weekend. The difference is that when they fix their car, they don't fix that car for anybody else with the same problem, which is a serious limit to the mechanic metaphor.