Matt, On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 5:14 PM, Matt Simmons <[email protected] > wrote:
> Hi Phil, > > It's noteworthy that the given examples of professions that do a lot of >> pro bono work are professions which are highly paid enough that people >> can routinely be expected to afford to give some amount of their time >> for pro bono. System administration, at the "pure sysadmin" level, >> tends to not be so highly rewarded, and I'd hesitate to impose such >> demands as part of professional society membership. >> >> > I'm going to be releasing the results of the survey on my blog later this > week (and I'll send a note on this thread, too), but I'm astounded at how > many people are able to take time out of their schedule to put in even a > couple of hours a week. I've had over 40 responses from people who posted > very thoughtful answers and every single one of them has answered that > working pro bono has made a difference. I'm really looking forward to > letting everyone read the responses. > I'm very encouraged by this and look forward to seeing the results. However, the one thing I think you'd need to be careful with in regards to the results are the bias. I'm not a statistician, but I'm sure there is likely a term for what I'm thinking here...but what I'm wondering is that if perhaps people who are most likely to respond to your survey are the ones who have done/currently do pro bono work. While this may leave us with some great heartwarming stories and fantastic anecdotes to share with others, it may give a skewed view of how much of this pro bono work actually goes on in our industry. In any case, I appreciate you doing the survey and look forward to seeing the results. I care a lot about giving to the community so this is a subject I'm very interested in. Thanks for taking the time to conduct this survey. -Evan > > I don't think it's unreasonable at all to spend a little bit of time to > find a group that can use your expertise, and then even just consult for > them occasionally. Some people just go to dinner with a director at the > firm, and others have mentioned joining the Board of Directors at the > not-for-profit that they do pro bono work for. > > I can't tell you how happy I am that I left the answers as "paragraph > text", because there are a lot of really heartwarming stories. > > --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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