On Tue, 2006-07-25 at 11:09 -0500, James McElhannon wrote:
I guess what I'm thinking about is an article whose link was
distributed
to the group. At the end of the article, Karsten's profile was given as:
<quote>
About the author
Karsten Wade is the leader of the Fedora Documentation Project and a
senior developer relations manager at Red Hat. Formerly a services
consultant and Engineering technical writer, Karsten is now focused on
bringing corporate developers the Red Hat world of content, community,
and collaboration found in the best practices of free/libre and open
source software.
</quote>
That sounds like someone whose job is based on Fedora. So, based on
that, I would stand by my earlier statement (at least for Karsten):
Rahul is correct. I've been a volunteer for the Fedora Documentation
Project for over two years and have given at least as much personal time
as any other individual involved.
What you are quoting is a biography. I could have added, "Father of two
dancing, singing, acting, gardening, currently sleeping daughters," but
that doesn't mean I get paid by Red Hat to be a Dad. :)
<quote>
For the folks on the list with redhat email addresses, isn't it your job
to be participants in this and other related projects? Isn't it your
job to increase the participation in such projects and to heighten the
profile of Fedora?
</quote>
So, I take issue with criticism of those who are exclusively using their
own precious time and effort without any job-related association.
You have to accept that you are mistaken. No one at Red Hat is paid to
work on Fedora documentation, especially not myself. I am not rated on
my performance in Fedora. If my work output suffers because of working
on Fedora, that can affect my performance rating at work. If I have
two deadlines, one internal and one Fedora, I am in the same position as
every single one of you.[1]
So considering that, do you understand my wondering what you all are up
to?
Sorry if that wasn't clear. I know it is a common misconception that
everyone with an @redhat.com email address is paid to work on Fedora.
Unfortunately, it is just not true.
- Karsten
[1] Ironically, there is at least one jerk-of-a-manager out there who
looked at all my work in Fedora and figured that I must be shirking on
my for-pay work; how could I be doing so much of both? His mistake was
assuming that I clock only 40 hours of combined work. At about another
20 hours a week on a regular basis, and now you can understand how I can
do a full-time job and a part-time volunteer job.
--
Karsten Wade, RHCE, 108 Editor ^ Fedora Documentation Project
Sr. Developer Relations Mgr. |
fedoraproject.org/wiki/DocsProject
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