I’m thinking about posting a poll in a couple of days about software communities and I’m looking for some input on some of the responses. I have my set of possible responses, but I’d like some input before posting the poll. So, if you have some ideas, please post them in the comments.
The question is
Why are you part of a software community? or How do you participate in a software community?
Notice that I didn’t necessarily limit this to “open source”. Clearly that’s a big part of it. But there are a good number of robust communities that are not based around open source. Adobe, Microsoft, IBM all have massive communities. I know that for those of us in the open source realm that’s a little hard to understand (one of the reasons why I’m doing this), but it’s true. Some of the ideas I’ve had so far…
- I like to provide input on the direction of the software I use
- I have some free time and I like to code
- The software helps me earn a living
- I am socially awkward and this is the best I can do
- I like hanging out with nerds
- I want to try new things that I don’t normally get to do
What about you? Are there other responses I should put in there?
Comments
dstockto
Probably too late to be included, but I’m part because I want to make sure new developers are getting correct information and that experienced developers have a place to learn new things and to improve.