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I'm doing lot of work in free software (paid and unpaid, just for fun). Does it count?

• gasull 16y ago
  Will recognition motivate you? If so maybe focus on just one free software project that can give you recognition and where you can make a big difference.
• famousactress 16y ago
  It counts if it turns you on.. but I was talking about something socially bigger. Make the world a better place. I dunno. Build a community site for Ugandan refugees, find a non-profit that needs better tools, put together an app for struggling small business owners to find and patronize one-another (patronize definition #2, not #1). It sounded like maybe your motivation has faltered because you've discovered the salary/lifestyle recursion (lifestyle-because-money-because-lifestyle-because-money). Maybe ignoring yourself and your circumstances for a while would help break the cycle and give you some perspective and enthusiasm. It's hard to bust your ass for new iPads indefinitely... maybe knowing that you're lowering the overhead of a non-profit which means more hungry people get fed or clothed would get you excited to work hard again.
• messel 16y ago
  Absolutely.