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I'm just guessing, but I would imagine Caine started helping not because he wanted a job, but rather he just had a passion to make DDG better. Thinking about it
by duck 15y ago
I'm just guessing, but I would imagine Caine started helping not because he wanted a job, but rather he just had a passion to make DDG better. Thinking about it more, I don't know if you really would want to hire someone that was doing it just to get a job, as in that case their passion is to find a job.
- MatthewPhillips 15y agoThat's fine for OSS projects like DDG for Android or Firefox, but do you really feel that way in general? You can be passionate about a project, but to give away your time, sense of ownership, control, and credit to someone else's proprietary startup company? Fuck that. I'm not doing that unless I really feel a hire is likely. I've actually thought about building Android apps for a few web services I like, but the motivation simply isn't there when what you lose from doing it is that great.
- cageface 15y agoAmen. I've got a huge backlog of things I want to build just for fun. If I'm spending that time working for somebody else instead I expect to get paid.