Joshua BarrettoIt occurred to me today that the social value of the open-source work I do in my free time has probably been an order of magnitude more useful to the world than everything I've ever done as a paid employee. Needing to seek a wage almost certainly makes me a less productive member of society than I would otherwise be.
alcinnz@jsbarretto I feel that way sometimes too...
@alcinnz It's kind of soul-destroying. Although I like my current employer, I'm constantly harassed by the hunch that very little of what I've produced in my career has been useful or even used by actual human beings. I just want to grow food, build furniture, and write open-source software.
Amin Girasol@jsbarretto @alcinnz There was a period earlier in my career working for commercial closed-source software development houses when fully fifty percent of what I was involved in building never made it to production. I got paid a salary and reinvested it into my community. The VCs who funded those companies took a haircut.
@fluidlogic @alcinnz 50% is good innings by today's standards!