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Increasingly bigger conferences and meetups that remain 100% indie and sponsor-free. It’s going to take years, if not a decade. But let’s not underestimate the
by abnercoimbre 3y ago
Increasingly bigger conferences and meetups that remain 100% indie and sponsor-free. It’s going to take years, if not a decade.
But let’s not underestimate the power of independent organizing. We haven’t seen much of it in our industry because us worker bees are historically well-paid.
- dartos 3y agoI desperately hope you’re right. Not to be a downer, but I just don’t see how you could convince a business to go slower for the sake of a better technical foundation.
- abnercoimbre 3y agoWith enough collective anger, social pressures will factor into business decisions. It's a nebulous proposition, I get that, because you can't precisely engineer an outcome. My hope is there's enough of us organizing together to trigger the right shifts. We'll see.