Both good and bad: - Won a stupid writer's award at ~20yo (Opensource.com's Reader's Choice Award). Still proud of it. - Gotten me my first internship. - Got

Both good and bad: - Won a stupid writer's award at ~20yo (Opensource.com's Reader's Choice Award). Still proud of it. - Gotten me my first internship. - Gotten me a couple of TV interviews in my early 20s (not a lot of tech people in my country had a prominent public presence). - Gotten me a couple of all-expenses-paid trips to like a dozen of conferences (some regional, some Europe-wide). - Had a lot to do with me getting a Mozilla fellowship. - Easily reached four to five digits within a day on a couple of occasions. Always followed by criticism, sometimes fair, sometimes unjustified. - Was once threatened to be sued by a CEO of a web agency or a hosting provider (can't remember) from a neighbouring country because I kind of elevated his homophobia. It was amusing. Best decision I could've made for myself in my early career, it really helped me stand out very quickly (in my tiny country, not guaranteed). Since then, nothing, but that's kind of intentional. I barely publish anything. My Obsidian is full of finished posts that are never gonna see the light of day because I'd rather do anything else than deal with internet drama.