this is — in part! — why I declined the book deal
On a related point: Basically the incentives that should be in place to make ppl share code and/or write code worth sharing are low.
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We have a society based on competition rather than cooperation. Cooperation values and rewards the labour of sharing, competition hoarding.
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Because even if I'm a terrible coder I'd probably still get the job done and that's what they care about mostly.
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well, part of that is systematic incentives and part social - we are all contributing to changing the latter.
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Also don't forget that you are valuable - if you choose to reject places that don't share your values that starves them of your talent.
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Oh, I'm v v valued. I was talking hypothetically if I had a personality transplant and went back in time and wanted to work for industry.
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nobody really gives a shit about code (nobody who gives grants that is) which is why
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