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As a dark matter developer, I'll tell you why I'm not more public: I don't have enough time to maintain a decent blog. I could maintain a shitty one, but what'
by kstenerud 13y ago
As a dark matter developer, I'll tell you why I'm not more public:
I don't have enough time to maintain a decent blog. I could maintain a shitty one, but what's the point of that?
Join a community? I barely have enough time for HN as it is!
Stack Overflow? I contribute sometimes, but once again, it comes down to time. If you have the time, I applaud your contributions. As for me, I'll settle for answering maybe one question a month.
New tech? Sure, that's cool. But I really need to get my software to a working state, and that won't happen if I keep changing the technologies. I'd rather wait for a front runner to emerge before joining in.
Twiiter? No thanks. I get enough aggravation from email.
Meetups & conferences? I've gone to a few, but I've found that I can gain a far deeper understanding of a particular language/technology/paradigm through online articles or books.
About the only thing I leave any kind of footprint with is github, because coding is one creative outlet I can't live without.
- shousper 13y agoSeconded. I've never gone to conferences though, but I've always felt I learn more via online sources and/or experience. I've been trying more Twitter recently, but honestly I think I'm giving more than I'm getting from it..
- vellum 13y agoStack Overflow? I contribute sometimes, but once again, it comes down to time. If you have the time, I applaud your contributions. As for me, I'll settle for answering maybe one question a month. According to this paper, 95% of the users on Stack Overflow are "low activity" users, but they provide 50% of the answers. http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1079&context=computerscidiss http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=10...