What was the absolute worst career advice you’ve ever been told?
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Replying to @bphogan
Weirdly the worst and best advice: I was told that open source was great if you’re a weirdo, but turned out all the cool dudes (who are way weirder) in FLOSS use weirdness against you to limit your job possibilities. This did, however, push me to just start my own business and gopic.twitter.com/6gpy32PcDb
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Replying to @zedshaw
Man I have always respected the hell out of you and am so thankful for how kind you’ve been to me over the years. I’m glad things are working out well for ya.
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Thanks, you’ve always been kind. I think the only big heart ache from FLOSS was how quickly friends and people I helped turned on me and helped ostracize me. Everything else I had no problem dealing with, but losing people I liked to an internet cult hurt.
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