Hello people,
TinkerPop has transitioned to a new plateau where all JIRA tickets are open to
[DISCUSS] and VOTE. This is a great thing in many respects -- however, with
great power, comes great responsibility.
Please note how many emails I write a day to keep up with the policy
requirements. Every email I write is time that takes me away from being a
"worker" to being a "manager." You can do the "workers" of TinkerPop a great
favor by ensuring you don't abuse your powers and become a pure "manager." What
do I mean by that?
1. Being "engaged" doesn't mean asking questions so someone has to
answer just to keep a discussion going.
2. Being "engaged" doesn't mean having an opinion on every topic just
for the sake of saying something.
For me, engagement means doing work. This is the difference between being a
person who "talks" (manager) and a person who "does" (worker). If you want to
help TinkerPop, think about:
1. Writing a tutorial, blog post, article, etc.
2. Finding a ticket you can work on and doing it well.
3. Finding your niche in the codebase and dominating on it ---
documentation, tests, etc.
4. Going through the pull requests and VOTEing.
5. Answering questions on the mailing list.
6. Studying the codebase and learning how it works so you can answer
your own questions.
In general, use your time effectively. And at minimal, don't casually spend the
attention/time of the people who are "working." This doesn't mean that we don't
DISCUSS and we don't VOTE, it means, be strategic in your use of other people's
time --- and best of all, your own time!
Thank you,
Marko.
http://markorodriguez.com
P.S. I know there is a sense of "we have to show the mentors we are doing stuff
so I will reply to emails and JIRA tickets and have nick nack comments on every
pull request." Don't be fake. If you do that, you will find nothing at the end
of that road save for a brain full of other people's thoughts and that is
useless to that which is, and always has been -- The TinkerPop.
