You worked without pay? ...why? On Thu, Jun 21, 2018, 8:53 AM horrido <horrido.hobb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I hear what you're saying. Here's my rationale... > > #1. As far as I know, I'm the only person on the planet who has worked > full-time and without pay as a programming language advocate for nearly > four > years. Did I mention full-time and without pay? So I think you can trust me > to deliver, come hell or high water. > > #2. For the past four years, I've shown my marketing skills in promoting > Smalltalk. If you believe I've done a good job, then you can trust me to > convince schools and the media to stand behind the competition. If you > don't > believe, then ignore me; I cannot convince you otherwise. > > #3. It is not my style to plan everything in advance and in detail. I do > things by the seat of my pants, relying on my organizational skills, > communication skills, and intuition. (That's how I develop software, too.) > I > can picture the whole competition in my mind and I trust my vision. I'm > asking others to trust it, as well. If they don't, then this whole thing > dies with me. > > In the final analysis, all I can do is my very best. I am who I am. If you > don't believe in me, that's okay. > > > SergeStinckwich wrote > > Ok, the subject is completely different and maybe his topic is sensible > > for > > a lot of people but the concerns are the same. At the end, you need to > > convince people to give you money. > > > > What is your budget ? what kind of competition you will organize ? how > you > > will convince schools/university to participate ? > > How you will reward people for their participation ? > > > > Sorry to say, people will not give money just because you wrote a > > half-page > > statement. > > > > Best, > > > > > > -- > Sent from: http://forum.world.st/Pharo-Smalltalk-Users-f1310670.html > >
