awnstudio's comments

awnstudio | 15 years ago | on: Ask HN: I'm an IT consultant doing something wrong, I think, ... What is it?

Thank you for your reply, this is providing me with a great foundation for contemplation on what and how I should change my direction. The problem is that I can do a lot of things well and I don't want to limit myself by only showcasing one or two.

But I do know that too many options is usually bad (or atleast not optimal).

awnstudio | 16 years ago | on: On Being a Bastard (Cultivating online communities)

That being said, I'm a #perl regular so wheres my free shit. Alright, I'm going to count til ten.........., (wtf).

But in all seriousness, mst is a great developer and community leader, I only know this because I love Perl and always note CPAN authors and contributors of the modules I use. I was (am on occasion) one of mst's victims :) and I can say that when I was a newbie, if my skin wasn't thick, I would have been discouraged by him. Now I suppose Im a fan. That said, I wish we as a community could better cultivate the new and direct them to community projects they can help with. .... I suppose that might entail some stroking.

awnstudio | 16 years ago | on: On Being a Bastard (Cultivating online communities)

Thats a particularly easy question to answer, and the answer is convenience. Most people would rather call tech-support than figure out a problem themselves. Which is not unreasonable in this fast-paced results-oriented world we live in.
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