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Slightly off topic: I saw an interesting presentation once where the presenter complained that modern day developers are expected to do open source projects in
by throwaway7645 10y ago
Slightly off topic: I saw an interesting presentation once where the presenter complained that modern day developers are expected to do open source projects in their spare time in addition to all the work on the job and ended by saying construction workers don't have to do open-source jack-hammering. It is a bit unfair.
- xkcd-sucks 10y agoNo open source jackhammering, but their wives still expect weekend house renovation
- CyberFonic 10y agoWhen I hire a carpenter for some building work, I'd rather hire somebody who has built his own house, or at least renovated an old one into something homely than the guy who lives in a derelict trailer.
- stuaxo 10y agoUpstreaming patches while you work covers this a bit. Sure, you will be a drive by coder and not every patch will land, but got the ones that do everyone wins.
- mgkimsal 10y agomany folks raise their public profile in professions by donating time to causes - builders donating free rehab work in low-income areas or for schools/churches, accountants doing pro-bono work, etc.
- crdoconnor 10y agoProgrammers get paid more. Seems pretty fair to me.