On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 5:38 PM, Matt Simmons <[email protected] > wrote:
> Evan, > > I'd say that there is very much a positive bias, considering I intended > the survey only for people who /do/ pro bono work ;-) > Clearly I misunderstood the intentions, my apologies. > > It wasn't meant to compare the number of people who do versus the number > of people who don't. It was meant to be a survey of how people are doing > pro bono work in our profession. > > If you want, in the next survey I perform (where there will be some pretty > decent swag as a prize, including a $110+ iPad case), I'll include a > boolean question of whether or not the person performs pro bono work. I > don't imagine the percent is very high (10%?), but the fact that I have 40+ > responses is actually pretty awesome in my opinion. > I think it'd be interesting to see what % of people in our industry perform pro bono work as compared to the industries where this type of work is more the norm. Additionally, digging for more information in the survey that includes questions about why people do or do not perform pro bono work, and what would motivate them to if they don't already, would be fascinating. Thanks again. -Evan > > --Matt > > On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 5:28 PM, Evan Pettrey <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 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/ >>> >>> >> > > > -- > LITTLE GIRL: But which cookie will you eat FIRST? > COOKIE MONSTER: Me think you have misconception of cookie-eating process. >
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