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Should we start Share Saturday? Share your experience contributing in the space. What to keep, improve, and discard.
Keep: culture/vibe
Improve: access
Discard: buzzwords if you don't mean it
For most of 2022, I did free work (~$150K worth) under the guise of "community" or a cause that I cared about. Many projects soft rugged.
I learned and made friends but I was left with almost nothing to show for my work. Files were in centralized accounts (can access but can't edit because payment stopped). I didn't have a Github full of commits. LinkedIn (my past life) didn't feel like the place to add these contributions.
How can we...
- all be a part of building the new internet? (I'm limited by my coding skills)
- collaborate, skills swap?
- experiment and have a verified record of it?
- own the value we create?
- contribute to public goods and make a living?
- get seen?
etc.
What if there was a place for all builders and skill levels to participate and build together, receive credit, and share in the upside?