Fantastic idea re: LOPSA helping people that need pro bono work. We should find a way to make this a reality. Volunteers?
On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 1:39 PM, Tom Perrine <[email protected]> wrote: > I used to do a fair amount of pro-bono, mostly for law enforcement, > back in the day when they were getting outpaced by the bad guys and > before they had created forensics labs. A lot of that was actually > just basic Linux training, as they hadn't seen it before. I've also > done a little for local small non-profits. I helped wire the local > middle school for ethernet, etc. I also helped the local high school > do some "IT things". > > Pro-bono work should be a part of what we as sysadmins offer as part > of our community. It doesn't have to be huge, or earth shattering, > just *helpful*. Granted, not everyone can pony up 20 hours a month for > a local non-profit. Who can? Some years I've done a hundred or many > more hours, some years I've done less than 20. It all evens out. > > Pro-bono work is also good for *you*. We IT folks in general are > terrible at the inter-personal networking, at least with non-IT > people. Pro-bono work is a chance to make friends and build your > network outside the sysadmin community. I have dozens for friends that > I done things with over the years. A few times we were both doing > completely different things for the same pro-bono "customer", some > times they were the customer. But I've got friends for life :-) I've > heard of pro-bono leading to paid jobs, too. > > This is also a place for the LOPSA locals to get involved, the local > can help find pro-bono IT help for those that need it. The local can > also raise awareness of our profession. > > Don't expect (or let) pro-bono take over your life, just think of it > as one more component of your sysadmin career. > > --tep > _______________________________________________ > 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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