Matt - I do a "fair" amount. When I started my business (pretty much as a SA for hire, to some extent) I had some time and it made sense. I'm still helping these organizations going forward, but like the others it get's hard in the long term... I now have a very young daughter and a large workload from other clients.
I still do what I can, and I think it's important especially to a business owner/consultant to do some of this giving back to the community. If you are a W-2 employee somewhere I think it's a bit tougher, but there are great benefits and insight in getting away a few hours a month to see how non-profit it works -- could be a eye opener for many. Worth asking your boss at the next annual review if this can be part of your development plan. If I had to guess, I'd say I do about 5% pro bono work versus billable hours. That's not a ton, but it's sustainable. Nick -- Nick Webb Principal Systems Engineer Red Wire Services, LLC T: 206.829.8621 / F: 206.826.1223 1725 SW Roxbury St. STE 5 Seattle, WA 98106 http://www.redwireservices.com http://linkedin.com/in/NickWebb On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 6:37 AM, Matt Simmons <[email protected] > wrote: > After doing some investigation on this last night, I wrote a blog > entry this morning: > > http://www.standalone-sysadmin.com/blog/2013/01/sysadmins-do-you-do-pro-bono-work/ > > I've found that a lot of professionals are expected, by their > professions, to do some amount of pro bono work. I was wondering how > wide-spread this is in system administration. > > I've done my share of fixing relatives' computers, but this wouldn't > count as pro bono work according to the standards of the American > Institute of Architecture or the American Bar Association, where they > consider things like financial need, tax status, and so on. > > I was curious what members of LOPSA do. I think I *should* do pro > bono, but I hadn't really considered it until the other day. > > What do you think? > > --Matt > > > -- > LITTLE GIRL: But which cookie will you eat FIRST? > COOKIE MONSTER: Me think you have misconception of cookie-eating process. > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators > http://lopsa.org/ >
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