Ask HN: How to Give Back?

Posted by abhinav22 on Tuesday August 03, 2021 @07:36AM
from the ask-hn dept.

It’s always on my list to give back to the community / broader society. But I often put it off or feel like I am not doing enough. The easiest way is to financially support some charities or even OSS / FSF projects, but while I do that to a minor amount, it feels not enough and also feels like a tax vs a genuine effort to give back. It’s very easy to get caught up in a busy day or week and then this becomes out of sight and out of mind.

Other things I was thinking was mentoring or providing knowledge to others.

I would be very grateful and keen to hear of ideas of how to give back both financially and also non financially?

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Re:Ask HN: How to Give Back? by hihat on Tuesday August 03, 2021 @07:53AM (#28048143)

A friend of mine wanted to give back financially, but not infrequently donating to some random charity. He became a member of https://www.givingwhatwecan.org/pledge/ (there might be other, similar projects, but if I remember correctly it's this one) and for a few years now he has been giving away 10% of his income as part of that community. Of course it doesn't have to be that much, but the pledge - even so it's not binding - and being part of a community helped to stick with it.

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Re:Ask HN: How to Give Back? by abhinav22 on Tuesday August 03, 2021 @02:50PM (#28052713)

Thank you, that is a good idea

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Re:Ask HN: How to Give Back? by Minor49er on Tuesday August 03, 2021 @08:19AM (#28048301)

Mentoring would be useful. One idea is to create a technology workshop for kids and offer it at your local library.

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Re:Ask HN: How to Give Back? by abhinav22 on Tuesday August 03, 2021 @02:51PM (#28052716)

There are no local libraries here but perhaps once I head to my home country, I can reach out to local schools & universities for this

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