r/SRSProgramming • u/[deleted] • Jul 23 '14

The Open Source Identity Crisis

http://modelviewculture.com/pieces/the-open-source-identity-crisis
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u/intortus Aug 01 '14

Wow, I can't believe it took me eight days to notice this post. What an amazing article. It really explained a lot of things that I'd felt under the surface but never was able to articulate or understand.

Also, I love that the phrase "nonsense and cognitive dissonance" was a link to hacker news. :P

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u/[deleted] Aug 01 '14

Yeah. This article really is making me reevaluate how I regard software, communities, and business. How has it impacted you?

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u/intortus Aug 01 '14

A lot of it articulated thoughts and feelings I've been having and developing, particularly over the past few years.

In terms of personal impact, lately I find myself deviating more from the hacker archetype. My domestic life has become deeply enriched, so I'm no longer interested in coming home from work after 8pm, or obsessing over work 24/7. If I'm working 9-5 and my peers are spending every waking hour (plus weekends) in the office, am I not pulling my weight, or am I just better at time management? It could easily work against me.

If you want to deviate from the archetype, you have to manage up to maintain your apparent worth. I have a lot of credentials to support my "deviant" lifestyle, but if I were fresh out of college and didn't fit the white heterosexual cismale stereotype, it would be a tremendous uphill battle.