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Re:Maybe We All Need a Little Less Balance by tjr on Saturday August 26, 2017 @11:20PM (#15108919)
People usually work because they need money to live, and employers usually pay money because they want stuff done that is not interesting or enjoyable enough for anyone to do as a volunteer.

When I was first looking for a job out of college, I asked a couple of area technology companies if I could work for them for free. In both cases they told me that their corporate / legal policies wouldn't allow it.

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Re:Maybe We All Need a Little Less Balance by _delirium on Sunday August 27, 2017 @06:33AM (#15110120)
Nowadays many tech companies are happy to take unpaid contributions to their software via pull requests. You could even do it as a full-time unpaid "job" if you wanted; pick a company that open-sourced their software and spend your time full-time improving it.
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Re:Maybe We All Need a Little Less Balance by coldtea on Sunday August 27, 2017 @09:51AM (#15110780)
Not to mention unpaid internships...
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Re:Maybe We All Need a Little Less Balance by cylinder on Sunday August 27, 2017 @03:00PM (#15112112)
Working for free isn't legal, unless it's an internship for which the intern received academic credit...(some other exceptions too).
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