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So, people can't work for a bank or insurance company and still make a difference? Why subscribe to such black and white thinking? I'd argue that by doing so,
by WayneDB 13y ago
So, people can't work for a bank or insurance company and still make a difference?
Why subscribe to such black and white thinking?
I'd argue that by doing so, you have an even better chance at affecting change than you would trying to do a startup, since startups tend to have a very low rate of success.
- rbanffy 13y ago> So, people can't work for a bank or insurance company and still make a difference? Of course they can, but if your focus is on earning a paycheck, it'll be much harder to make a difference because you may be unwilling to take the necessary risks. If there is one thing I miss from my youth (apart from hair, perfect eyesight and the ability to fall without breaking bones) is my ability to throw everything up and start from scratch. I wouldn't trade that for my family, of course, and that is the whole point.
- WayneDB 13y agoI wouldn't let it break your heart though. You can't expect every single young person to live up to your own unrealized ideals. In any case, this really has nothing to do with Microsoft developers. Using open source tech doesn't automatically make one a great liberator or anything.
- rbanffy 13y ago> You can't expect every single young person to live up to your own unrealized ideals. If a small fraction of the population lived up to my own realized ideals, I'd be very happy already. I also don't remember mentioning Microsoft or open-source on my comment. I was only mentioning the "working for a paycheck" aspiration.