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-- Johnny Muczynski 734-262-2045 On Wed, Mar 7, 2018 at 7:20 PM, Owen Thomas <owen.paul.tho...@gmail.com> wrote: > I've been unemployed since 2008. It seems that the industry is blind to > people who want to contribute in a way that does not see them ensconced in > a nomadic lifestyle where the contributor must move involuntarily at the > whims of employers. I've hence resolved only to contribute time voluntarily > when (or indeed if) I find an employer who understands that I can make a > contribution without having to consider relocation. > > If you know anyone who will let me work this way, then let me know. You'll > find that I have a LinkedIn profile. > > On 8 March 2018 at 10:46, Frank Burough <frankburo...@icloud.com> wrote: > >> Owen: >> >> I am a currently unemployed software engineer myself. I have been in the >> industry in various roles for well over 30 years but am not ready to >> retire. However, I look at my current time of unemployment as an >> opportunity to pay back to the NetBeans community some of what I have >> gained from it. Until the recent emails about joining the NetCAT 9.0 effort >> I had not considered volunteering for the work. However, after completing >> this email to you I will sign up to put my time where my mouth is. I can >> afford the time now, once I am employed again I will not be able to. >> >> I don’t mean to be critical of you, just trying to offer a different >> viewpoint on being unemployed at the moment. >> >> Take care, >> >> Frank Burough >> >> > On Mar 7, 2018, at 6:27 PM, Owen Thomas <owen.paul.tho...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > >> > I quite enjoy NetBeans, and I would like to aver my wishes for it's >> ongoing success. I am looking at contributing to this thread with some >> hesitation, so I'll put my statements forth, and then see what becomes of >> what I say before I venture more. >> > >> > Contributing more than "anonymous usage data" is a contentious move for >> me because I am somewhat sore over the fact that I cannot secure a paid job >> in an industry which I have sought contribution since I was 15 (29 years' >> ago). I don't find the proposition encouraging of my offering my time for >> nothing in an industry (a wider context than just NetBeans) too conceited >> to pay for my time as a contributor who would work in a part-time capacity >> and from a place of his own choosing. >> > >> > Although I appear to gain from the voluntary contribution of others to >> this extent, I want someone to start paying me for the skills I have honed >> over nearly three decades in such a way as I can make a sustainable >> contribution. I don't want to give my time freely within this industry >> unless I first derive an income with the skills I have. >> > >> > Sorry that I cannot contribute any more than usage data. >> > >> > Owen. >> >> >
