I particularly like your third point - I obviously can't share the proprietary work I've done, but this is something I could share and would demonstrate (hopefully) some of my competencies.
If I think a certain software pattern I use in nearly every project of mine is unique and frankly worth a lot of money (read: less time spent engineering and more time available for additional value-adding elsewhere), why should I write a tutorial on that pattern for others to consume/learn from?
That's not really a time to brag about, my friend. Most people finish in about four hours.
Five to six times a year, I drive 800 miles round-trip to my childhood home. 99% of this route is effectively a straight line. Every time I drive this route, I think to myself, "Shit, I'm not even that great an engineer, and I could automate this," and proceed to loathe the remainder of the drive. What are my options for automating this portion of the drive?I am a big believer in the idea of...
These companies provide services that you, a user of their platforms, want. Providing those services is not free, and yet the prevailing sentiment across the internet seems to be, "Wow, I can't believe FB was using my data to sell me ads!"