Linux people doing Linux things, it seems.

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    1 month ago

    It also expands your employment potential and general usefulness.

    I have already mentioned that programming is not everyone’s profession. Not everyone chooses what they do in their unpaid free time primarily based on whether it makes them a more useful person. I think the very phrase ‘my usefulness’ is dangerous.

    Are we only worth something as drones?

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      1 month ago

      I never said anything about someone’s usefulness as a person. Their usefulness as a software developer was the topic at hand. Maybe it’s not your profession but a hobby but the point stands.

      I think the very phrase ‘my usefulness’ is dangerous. Are we only worth something as drones?

      And yet it’s drones that do one thing and only one thing their entire lives, never learn and grow.

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        1 month ago

        Maybe it’s not your profession but a hobby but the point stands.

        To be honest, I’ve hardly ever asked myself how I could best please a potential employer with any of my hobbies. But I recognise that you’re probably taking a different approach.