Raphael, Great that you find ASF a good place to express your energy. I think that your question is a kind of testament to the culture at ASF, one where it doesn't matter who one are, where one is from and what one's specific circumstances are. We all cherish the ideas and efforts that anyone, literally anyone[1], brings to the tables. Most of us don't track the characteristics of individuals, don't care if they belong to some (in other areas) disadvantaged group and (I think) is treated according to their own behavior.
I could say that I owe ASF a big deal for my own career, as I didn't go to university but what I learned a lot here, and efforts recognized by industry led to pretty good outcome for me, something probably a lot harder without ASF (and similar orgs) and without a Bachelor or Master degree. A paper that I didn't need to get my hands dirty. Now, this is what I know as "equality in opportunity" and is why I am somewhat skeptical to efforts focused on increasing so called diversity for the sake of diversity, also known as "equality in outcome". IMHO, a highly politicized topic, something that ASF traditionally has stayed away from, except when it comes to "identity politics", because everyone is scared of being classified in the negative. Anyway, I have no problem with people wanting to connect with others within ASF realm, regardless of reason, so this is only an opportunity to highlight my position on the 'diversity issue' at ASF, not in any way criticizing you for reaching out. [1] In Apache Zest, we had a professional, classical musician creating an example project, and in that gave a lot of useful feedback. When we found out that he never worked in software, we were all quite surprised, as his work was of remarkably high caliber. I think this is rather common... Cheers Niclas On Wed, Dec 14, 2016 at 5:09 AM, Raphael Bircher <rbircherapa...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi people > > The question is in the subject: It would just be interesting. Ok, many > people allready know, I have a physical disability called ICP (Infantile > cerebral palsy). I just want to know, if there are others. > > I think, ASF could be a chance for disabled people to get work. The model > of the ASF is perfect for this. You can get in without having any diplom or > reference. Here everyone can get the chance. > > Regards, Raphael > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org > > -- Niclas Hedhman, Software Developer http://zest.apache.org - New Energy for Java
