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This is true of open source contribution as well. A few moons ago, I (relatively) quietly stepped away from a rather large open source project that I had contri
by andrew_ 8y ago
This is true of open source contribution as well. A few moons ago, I (relatively) quietly stepped away from a rather large open source project that I had contributed a fair amount of impactful projects to. There was no fan-fair made about my departure from any party, including myself. As time passes and people find out, they've reached out to say how much they appreciated what I had done - much more so than when I was active on the project.
It's deeply satisfying on many levels to hear as much.
- andrew_ 8y agosmh. someone down-voted the good feels. I will find you, and I will hug you.
- madaxe_again 8y agoYeah, I left my business of a decade a few years ago as my health had gone to hell and I couldn’t continue - nobody, no colleagues, no clients, not even my co-founder, said goodbye, never mind anything else. Nobody cared that I ended up in hospital repeatedly, mortally unwell. If I bump into them in the street they don’t even recognise me - and we worked together for over a decade in some cases. Confirmation that you’re hated can be just as satisfying and cathartic.
- mywittyname 8y agoI sounds counter-intuitive, but it must be satisfying because you move from worrying/wondering to knowing. Not unlike finding out your partner has had an affair. Obviously that's a terrible thing to discover, but finally knowing allows you to start the process of healing.
- madaxe_again 8y agoYep, it’s pretty much the same feeling, having experienced that, too.