Martin Bochnig wrote:
> nameRemoved wrote:
>
>> what can we do to help you? any address we can send money via western
>> union for example?
>>
>> nameRemoved
>>
>>
> Anybody who silently ignores this posting is actively supporting such
> methods. One can be active by being too passive sometimes.
>
I find that last statement rather offensive.
I'm not sure how you came to whatever your financial difficulties are.
I'm not sure why you felt you'd automatically be given a sponsorship or
a job. I certainly never saw any kind of posting from you requesting
employment or sponsorship until today. And the way have handled this, I
certainly am not inclined to suggest that anyone in particular should
hire you, regardless of your technical contributions to the project.
To anyone else who is lurking here, expecting that contributions here
lead to automatic employment, I'd say "uh, get a clue". If you want a
job, you have to interview, and ask for a job. Contributions to open
source projects (whether this one or others) are a good way to establish
that you have some technical ability, and to help get contacts in the
community, which may ultimately lead to employment -- but they don't
equate to employment.
At the end of the day, if you're spending your time here *instead* of
getting a job, then you're doing both the community and yourself a
disservice. If you think one or more of the participants in this
community should hire you, then by all means, *seek them out* actively.
Making your participation in the community dependent upon sponsorship or
on getting a job is rather disingenuous. (Yes, I know a lot of us here
are employed by a particular 3-letter company. But I hope that most of
the active ones are also here because they *choose* to be here, not just
because it is a job. I know that's true for me!)
-- Garrett
