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Perhaps you've never heard of Doctors Without Borders, pro bono, community theater, or the Creative Commons? There is more to life than merely maximizing one's
by lukifer 4y ago
Perhaps you've never heard of Doctors Without Borders, pro bono, community theater, or the Creative Commons?
There is more to life than merely maximizing one's bargaining leverage.
- orbital223 4y agoDoctors without borders provide free labor to needy children in war torn countries. Programmers provide free labor to first world corporations worth millions of dolars.
- TeMPOraL 4y ago> Programmers provide free labor to first world corporations worth millions of dolars. The equivalent of this for doctors is called residency. It's an early stage in their career, during which they're laboring for free or being severely underpaid, in exchange for (sometimes) some experience, and finally for a stamp that certifies they're the real deal now - which lets them start charging for their labor properly. Software career progression is less streamlined and less credentialized - there are many paths to necessary skills, and many ways of proving you have them. Open source work is one way to credibly demonstrate the necessary skills, and can substitute for or complement your education or work history in your quest for negotiating a higher salary.