Jon WorthJan 26

How do I overcome my railway Groucho Marx problem? 🤔

It's not “I Don’t Want to Belong to Any Club That Will Accept Me as a Member” but “Why would any company in the railway sector consider me to work for them, as there’s nothing I know they don’t know already”

But I do need to find paid work, somehow. Question is how and for whom?

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How do I overcome my railway Groucho Marx problem?

"I Don’t Want to Belong to Any Club That Will Accept Me as a Member" Groucho Marx is supposed to have said. And I have come to the view that I am facing something similar in my railway work. "Why would any company in the railway sector consider me to [...]

Jon Worth
Show threadCycling on RailsJan 26

@jon On crowdfunding, donations commonly follow a power law: many give small amounts, some give more and a few give a lot. By setting a fixed price, you don't match that distribution, and both miss out on those willing to pay less and those willing to pay more. Finding the optimal fixed price is hard. That's why content creators often provide a ladder of donation tiers.

Alternatively, free content with option to donate might miss out on donations, but brings visibility. I'd try that first.

Show threadJon WorthJan 26
@cycling_on_rails I will try to design some tiers into it, and all content will become free after a month or so.
Show threadAnneHJan 26
@jon @cycling_on_rails Combining this with p/time active travel job? There seem to be some in UK - I realise you're in FR but perhaps there is something similar? I've seen local authority jobs here that are part remote w 2-3 days on site.
Show threadJon WorthJan 26
@annehargreaves Not a hope in hell I can get that in France. And honestly I don't want it here, as I don't trust the political system. In Germany, maybe. (And I am not opposed to moving). @cycling_on_rails
Show threadCycling on RailsJan 26

@jon @annehargreaves Not a tricky question, but I'm curious about what specifically you don't trust in the French system, what you'd change if you had a magic wand, etc.

Not saying the system works in its current form, however pointing at "the system" without elaborating further has basically been Le Pen's rhetoric for the last 20 years...

Show threadJon Worth

@cycling_on_rails @annehargreaves In other words: the RĂ©gions have some power, but not in a way that anyone understands or can really use, and if a RĂ©gion does not do what it ought to, there is no accountability (as there is in a Land in Germany) to do it better next time around.

So sure, I could try something nationally, but that's a tiring way to fix a regional issue.

Jan 26 at 2:55pmWeb