@woo This does not match my experience. It doesn't feel like "revenge" as much as "doing the right thing even without permission" like you might write tests even if your PM says not to, pay down tech debt even if not on the roadmap, etc.
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Open source maintainers at profitable companies: stop asking permission to fix what your employer already depends on.@krans Most people I know have contracts that say they could technically be fired for ever using a company device for non-work reasons. They wouldn't be even if caught but this is why they don't disclose it, so they don't get caught. I actively recommend people do the same with something morally more positive: open source. Ironically, my career would have suffered far more from following your advice than heeding it. I have private messages from many other maintainers saying the same thing.
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Open source maintainers at profitable companies: stop asking permission to fix what your employer already depends on.@critter_in_flux Glad we agree. Do the tech debt without permission too
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Open source maintainers at profitable companies: stop asking permission to fix what your employer already depends on.@chillicampari @mahadevank This is why I suggest not telling them.
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Open source maintainers at profitable companies: stop asking permission to fix what your employer already depends on.@edd @penguin42 Unionisation may be good but it's not going to happen overnight. You can start working on open source in work hours tomorrow if you wish. You say "lots of employers": in my experience almost all will negotiate on this and, if they don't, you don't have to work there.
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Open source maintainers at profitable companies: stop asking permission to fix what your employer already depends on.@krans If you read your employment contract you can also probably be fired for cause for a wide variety of reasons that are broadly ignored. I disagree it's bad advice although your employer may not agree. If they don't and they use open source software, they are freeloaders.
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Open source maintainers at profitable companies: stop asking permission to fix what your employer already depends on.@Mumonkan If it's not your idea of fun: don't do it, that's fine. For a lot of us, it is our idea of fun.
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Open source maintainers at profitable companies: stop asking permission to fix what your employer already depends on.@penguin42 You can and should negotiate on those terms in contracts. Using personal equipment may help here too.
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Open source maintainers at profitable companies: stop asking permission to fix what your employer already depends on.@nor4 I'm not familiar with German law but potential options: do on personal equipment, negotiate a different IP agreement before starting the job.
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Open source maintainers at profitable companies: stop asking permission to fix what your employer already depends on.@eliasp Hope this is an encouragement to do more!
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Open source maintainers at profitable companies: stop asking permission to fix what your employer already depends on.Posted on Hacker News, if that's your thing: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48123015
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Open source maintainers at profitable companies: stop asking permission to fix what your employer already depends on.Open source maintainers at profitable companies: stop asking permission to fix what your employer already depends on.
No paperwork. No programme. No manager’s blessing. Just maintain it on the clock.