On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 11:20 PM, Yrvin Knut <[email protected]> wrote: > that my talk was relevant. Many times I've paid from my own pocket
As I said, and from knowing me you could actually infer that I would have paid for myself had I had the means :) > expectation of being sponsored once again, not really handling the > rejection as an opportunity to get acceptance next time. You should > choose more constructive questions as: I did not make any assumption about next time- and with every rejection there's the opportunity for next times,this is granted. I was just surprised a bit that Nokia's departure left such big holes, but as Digia people noted, they did have deep pockets and indeed money is paramount when dealing with international community members. I was not trying to claim anything or hold anybody to owe me anything. I was just a bit concerned, and given what happened to this community over the last 4 years, I think this can be understood. > > 1. What could I improve with my talk or topic, making it more > interesting? I sincerely do not know. I labor hours and hours on every talk proposal , making sure I have the code in place, that the subject is relevant, interesting and fresh while an attempt hit spots that I assume were not explored yet, etc.. also no program committee provides such feedback. > 2. How can I find ways of getting me and others sponsored next time? Qt would have benefited from that as well, but during aKademy 2012 I actually sought to find organization that might be interested to invest in KDE e.V in view of Nokia's departure. And, make sure next year akademy is possible. I introduced someone from KDE e.V to the good people of coss.fi to see if this can bring new such leads. I'm unsure whom to approach for Qt Days to be honest. Companies making a business out of Qt seem right, but I realized with this thread just how much limited the budget is. > 3. Is there ways of contributing which makes #1 and #2 possible? > As my line of work is light years away afar from Qt and the wonderful metals it can run on, I could also not justify it to my employer. Not to mention it is an IMP mission challenge to co-ordinate unpaid leave days for my travel with the hope your job awaits when you're back. In a sense I'm torn between what puts food on my table, and Qt, KDE and Mer that're dear to me not just due to their unique design and technical competence, but also due to the *amazing* people I've been privileged to meet and the philosophies behind. I'd love to find an employer out of the Qt ecosystem, but working 10-12 hours a day leaves little to no room to perfect and practice my C++ Qt skills. Despite having substantial backgrounds in embedded and Desktop linux OS development, this makes it hard to become attractive to ecosystem's companies for perfectly understandable reasons. > Summarizing bullet 1-3 and knowing you Sivan , It's a yes! If you're offering me a Qt job, you bet it is! ;-) All said, thanks for the consideration and the time the program committee took to read my proposals. Perhaps if my circumstances change, I might have better subject to talk about next year. I am quite surprised this created such a discussion, hopefully for the better. Cheers, -Sivan _______________________________________________ Marketing mailing list [email protected] http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing
