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Why I turned my back on FOSS

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Re: Why I turned my back on FOSS

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Post by 0x00_ »

I recognize this github from some fun c puzzles! The developer is intelligent. What gives? I don't understand why it is difficult for someone like that to find employment. Could someone from the bay area give some insight into this kind of thing? The scene is different than that in Boston.

Re: Why I turned my back on FOSS

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Post by flukus »

0x00_ wrote: post #2

I recognize this github from some fun c puzzles! The developer is intelligent. What gives? I don't understand why it is difficult for someone like that to find employment. Could someone from the bay area give some insight into this kind of thing? The scene is different than that in Boston.

Well the writing style is nonsensical for one.

Re: Why I turned my back on FOSS

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Post by _hao »

I mean that was an interesting read, but if that person is even half as weird as his writing I don't blame the companies.

Or the guy was drunk/high while writing this, dunno...

Re: Why I turned my back on FOSS

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Post by gcp »

0x00_ wrote: post #2

I recognize this github from some fun c puzzles! The developer is intelligent. What gives? I don't understand why it is difficult for someone like that to find employment. Could someone from the bay area give some insight into this kind of thing? The scene is different than that in Boston.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ellzey

Summary seems to be that his open source libraries are very widely used but he couldn't find a job in the Valley and became homeless.

Re: Why I turned my back on FOSS

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Post by adiabatty »

_hao wrote: post #4

I mean that was an interesting read, but if that person is even half as weird as his writing I don't blame the companies. Or the guy was drunk/high while writing this, dunno...

Then again, if all that happened to me I'd be four times as weird as his writing. At least.

Re: Why I turned my back on FOSS

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Post by dvko »

I don't know anything about the actual story here and the writing does not help either. Impossible to read, sorry author...

He got turned down for a lot of jobs (in shitty ways) despite having published some reasonably successful open-source libraries? How is open source to blame for him not getting a job exactly?

Re: Why I turned my back on FOSS

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Post by gjjrfcbugxbhf »

Sounds like she should dual license AGPL/custom licence her code, require copyright assignments from contributes and charge companies for the custom licence. Then they would be forced to pay her if the work were truely vital to their bottom line.

Sounds harsh but what I'm trying to say is you have to take care of yourself or no-one else will.

Re: Why I turned my back on FOSS

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Post by pawadu »

flukus wrote: post #3
0x00_ wrote: post #2

I recognize this github from some fun c puzzles! The developer is intelligent. What gives? I don't understand why it is difficult for someone like that to find employment. Could someone from the bay area give some insight into this kind of thing? The scene is different than that in Boston.

Well the writing style is nonsensical for one.

Reminds me of Terry Davis of TempleOS.

With that said, some people just don't work in a team but on their own they can do miracles. I wish we could start a small pateron or flattr fund for these guys and let them do whatever they want. While there would be no immediate ROI, the world be a much more interesting and fun place to live...

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