On Thu, 12 Oct 2006 10:52:57 +1000, Anthony Towns <aj@azure.humbug.org.au> said:
> If you want to get paid to work on Debian, then there's a few things > that are a good idea: demonstrating you're competent and skilled, > that you're willing to work on areas that other people think are > important, Oooh. Can we have a statement from the DD's that are part of dunc-tank which areas they consider important, so those developers who are financially constrained may drop all work on everything else and see how to maximize their future earning potential? > and that you're comfortable doing some of the other things that are > associated with getting paid in short term contracts > -- like dealing with taxes, being prepared to find new work if your > current funding dries up, and being willing to go out of your way to > cooperate with the people you're getting funds from. All that is already done for those of us in between jobs. > Some things are really bad ideas too: > Another bad thing is to complain about other people getting paid > when you're not -- different people have different priorities, Does criticizing dunc-tank also fall in this category? > if you spend all your time focussing on the people who don't share > your priorities, you won't have any time to spare for the people who > think like you -- who are the ones most likely to want to give you > money for the work you do in the first place. Err, no. People who control the purse strings are really not people who think like me -- does that mean either I conform my way of thinking to that of the people who hold the purse strings, or I'm less likely to be a happy recipient? manoj -- miracle: an extremely outstanding or unusual event, thing, or accomplishment. Webster's Dictionary Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.debian.org/~srivasta/> 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]