What I learned building a career driven by “everything should be free” (2013)
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#2A blog, datepicker, and meetup events are trivial to me. They're like the freebies you'd expect in a party favor bag. It sounds more like he doesn't want to work hard, just hang out and talk, make a few small things, and somehow expects that to translate to survival.
It's a common fallacy shared by hippies: "let's all get together, feel good from drugs, sex, and music, make a few bead necklaces and paintings, and we'll live happily ever after as a peaceful family."
It's ironic he's continuing to do the same he's warning against by blogging about it on Medium.com.
Here's the secret about those "free" ideological communities... it's only free in terms of dollar bills; really their currency is love.
They want to be loved, and accepted. To hang out with fellow kind who stroke and groom them. They don't want to go out and hunt or fight. They're like the weak, infants of the tribe.
That's why someone like Stallman pushes so hard for the "free" thing, because in a highly competitive economy, he just isn't equipped to function. He can produce a few things, but all the other stuff necessary to thrive in the harsh outer world just isn't there. It's either find a way to get some love somehow, in a less competitive "free"verse, or be a loser in misery.
This guy might have more potential if he's managed to reproduce and have a spouse. Or there might be some critical flaw there that's blocking his ability to work at Google, and he's stuck without much opportunity.
Unfortunately, some people are sucked into that "free" religion when they didn't need to be. It's a disservice to society, but an advantage for the guys who can convince people to join their hippie circle. Stallman is a selfish greedy top 1%er like people accused Bill Gates of being; the only difference is, he's a lot more tricky in his deception.
Re: What I learned building a career driven by “everything should be free” (2013)
#3> it turns out being relied upon for mission critical software for multi million dollar companies has it’s own pressure
I thought that was really very funny "revelation" this fellow had.
Welcome to the real world.
Re: What I learned building a career driven by “everything should be free” (2013)
#4I have a solution for you: Copy Fair licensing - give OpenSource to OpenSource, charge businesses that make money. We're also working on a collaborative CopyFair ownership: https://github.com/CopyFairCorp/copyfair
Re: What I learned building a career driven by “everything should be free” (2013)
#5A blog, datepicker, and meetup events are trivial to me. They're like the freebies you'd expect in a party favor bag. It sounds more like he doesn't want to work hard, just hang out and talk, make a few small things, and somehow expects that to translate to survival. It's a common fallacy shared by hippies: "let's all get together, feel good from drugs, sex, and music, make a few bead necklaces and paintings, and we'…
> A blog, datepicker, and meetup events are trivial to me. They're like the freebies you'd expect in a party favor bag. It sounds more like he doesn't want to work hard, just hang out and talk, make a few small things, and somehow expects that to translate to survival.
You're grossly underestimating the work that was put into open source, writing and running events. I worked 60-80+ hours per week throughout my entire twenties. 20-25 was largely given to coding open source, speaking and running events...all for free.
> This guy might have more potential if he's managed to reproduce and have a spouse. Or there might be some critical flaw there that's blocking his ability to work at Google, and he's stuck without much opportunity.
You're missing the point here. I've had an abundance of opportunities, but decided against working at these large tech companies. I'm from the Midwest was insistent on doing everything the hard way...consulting and giving as much of the time I could to open source, blogging and speaking for free.
Ultimately this article was just meant to be a brain dump of some things I wrestled with along the way. Right now I run a company which sells education, so I've changed my tune in that free is not always doing better for humanity. Arguably I'm making even more of an impact now and also being paid for it...
Re: What I learned building a career driven by “everything should be free” (2013)
#6> it turns out being relied upon for mission critical software for multi million dollar companies has it’s own pressure I thought that was really very funny "revelation" this fellow had. Welcome to the real world.
Right but the point I was aluding to was there's a difference in pressure from being just a developer on a team like I was to being catapulted to "the guy" who's supposed to lead delivering mission critical software bug free when millions of dollars on the line. It was a simple comment saying being given more prestige will lead to even greater expectations of you...
Re: What I learned building a career driven by “everything should be free” (2013)
#7> it turns out being relied upon for mission critical software for multi million dollar companies has it’s own pressure I thought that was really very funny "revelation" this fellow had. Welcome to the real world.
Right but the point I was aluding to was there's a difference in pressure from being just a developer on a team like I was to being catapulted to "the guy" who's supposed to lead delivering mission critical software bug free when millions of dollars on the line. It was a simple comment saying being given more prestige will lead to even greater expectations of you...
Believe me, I get it. I've been in the position of principal engineer responsible for multi-million dollar projects multiple times. It's always interesting to see someone go through revelations when stepping into new shoes. We've all done it. In my case multiple times. Interesting how quickly one's perspective can change with the advantage of a new frame of reference.
Re: What I learned building a career driven by “everything should be free” (2013)
#8"Built a blog to 100,000+ unique visitors per month", but yet posted on medium.com.
Re: What I learned building a career driven by “everything should be free” (2013)
#9"Built a blog to 100,000+ unique visitors per month", but yet posted on medium.com.
I killed my blog and stopped writing around 2008 and it peaked at near a few million page views in 2010. See: http://marcgrabanski.com/grab/3c8cd1.png -- this is just web traffic. Not email subscribers or RSS readers.
Thanks for stopping by to question my authenticity!
Re: What I learned building a career driven by “everything should be free” (2013)
#10"Built a blog to 100,000+ unique visitors per month", but yet posted on medium.com.
I killed my blog and stopped writing around 2008 and it peaked at near a few million page views in 2010. See: http://marcgrabanski.com/grab/3c8cd1.png -- this is just web traffic. Not email subscribers or RSS readers. Thanks for stopping by to question my authenticity!
Oops...missed 30 days... http://marcgrabanski.com/grab/40fa28.png
