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Re:GIMP receives a $100K donation by daeken on Thursday September 06, 2018 @03:59PM (#17929101)
If I'm doing something for free, I don't mind doing it for free (obviously). If I'm doing something for money, I want to be paid my going rate; otherwise, either find someone else or sell me on just volunteering. I'd never charge $20/hr for software stuff -- it's basically $0/hr (which is most of my time, by choice) or market rate. It's actually the market rate billing that free me up to volunteer with open source projects in the first place.
Re:GIMP receives a $100K donation by DoreenMichele on Thursday September 06, 2018 @04:08PM (#17929161)
Studies back you up and suggest "Pay enough or not at all." Paying below market rate tends to just piss people off and make them feel insulted and undervalued.
Re:GIMP receives a $100K donation by RussianCow on Thursday September 06, 2018 @08:35PM (#17930970)
That's interesting. Do you happen to have a link to an article or study about this so that I can learn more?
Re:GIMP receives a $100K donation by DoreenMichele on Thursday September 06, 2018 @08:54PM (#17931072)
If you search for "pay enough or don't pay at all" you should have no problem finding sources.

I'm not going to link to anything here because that implies vetting and I'm not going to vet anything. This isn't at all hard to find.

Re:GIMP receives a $100K donation by RussianCow on Thursday September 06, 2018 @09:08PM (#17931128)
Thanks, I couldn't get my search query just right. No need to be snarky, though.
Re:GIMP receives a $100K donation by DoreenMichele on Thursday September 06, 2018 @09:11PM (#17931147)
I wasn't being snarky.
Re:GIMP receives a $100K donation by exolymph on Friday September 07, 2018 @01:32AM (#17932089)
Eh, this line came across as pretty snarky: "This isn't at all hard to find."

(I don't necessarily object to snarkiness. And obviously, tone can be hard to judge in plain text.)

Re:GIMP receives a $100K donation by DoreenMichele on Friday September 07, 2018 @02:03AM (#17932199)
Oh, good god. If I really thought the question meant the person was being lazy or something, I simply wouldn't have answered it. I'm well aware that if you know what to search on, it can be easy, and if you don't, it can be impossible.

I did the search, found lots of stuff readily available, shared my exact search phrase so it could be replicated and explained my reasoning for sharing the search phrase instead of a link. And now two people are busting my chops for actually being helpful.

I bet no one would have said a damn thing had I simply not bothered to reply and, in this case, not bothering to reply would have been the jerk thing to do because it would have been unhelpful to someone actually sincerely needing help and it would have been done on a bad faith assumption.

Geez.

Re:GIMP receives a $100K donation by exolymph on Friday September 07, 2018 @07:34PM (#17938416)
I'm not trying to bust your chops, I'm trying to let you know how you come across. If you don't care, that's fine.
Re:GIMP receives a $100K donation by emmelaich on Friday September 07, 2018 @09:46PM (#17938934)
> let you know how you come across.

To you which may mean that it is merely possible to infer snarkiness.

> If you don't care, that's fine.

Haha that doesn't help.

Re:GIMP receives a $100K donation by amenod on Monday September 10, 2018 @03:49PM (#17954594)
A bit late to the party, but still: Predicably Irrational, Dan Ariely.