We Have Three Jobs
...And They’re All
Important
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October 28th
2017
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Usually, I have
worse news
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In the spirit
of spinach
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"Do your schoolwork"
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One job?
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"Be nice to your little sister"
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"Don't embarrass us in public"
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"Grow big and strong"
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Most things we do
aren’t “just one job”
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Make something that
people love to use
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People will not use something
that makes them feel stupid
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Don’t poo poo the GUI
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Make sure you’re
hearing everything
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Free Software will
not win without us
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Be trustworthy
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Technology builders
have a responsibility
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Interoperability saves lives
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Tragedy is a powerful motivator
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Security &
Transparency
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Honesty is key
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There might be
a market niche here...
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Welcome and empower
new contributors
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Mentoring
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Embrace drive-thru
contributors
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I don’t know if I
have time for that...
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Free software
is the value
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What if we mentored
with that mindset?
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Roving gangs of
unaffiliated patchers
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Treat them all
like they are yours
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What do you do
when they stay?
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We have three jobs
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Thanks to these fine folks!
Meet them where they are:
Free software and social justice today - Brett Smith
https://media.libreplanet.org/u/libreplanet/m/meet-them-
where-they-are-free-software-and-social-justice-today/
Mentoring: We're Doing It Wrong - Leslie Hawthorn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydS4vXNzN0I
Have It Your Way: Maximizing Drive-Thru Contributions
- Vicky Brasseur
https://archive.org/details/pyconau2016-drivethru
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Picture Credits
CC.BY: Five Salty Balls by Gabriel Rojas Hruska, Empty toilet paper roll by m01229, Bad dream by
Kevin Slavin, Food for the wallet by Dinkel, 11.Franklins.Hyattsville.MD.12apr06 by Elvert Barnes,
STOP GOVERNMENT SPYING by Steve Terrell, Kunsthofpassage Funnel Wall by Serge Bystro, Child
and Church by Greg Neate, Sophie and Raggedy Ann and Andy by Matt Kangas, Tiiiiiiiny wooden
spoon_by A of DooM, Wooden spoon by Felipe Ramos, Single Hedgehog by Sarah McManiman,
Monkey People by Deborah Morrison, Sofiya eating by Phalinn Ooi,
CC.BY.SA: Pink bricks by Valerie Everett, Canrariascreativa.com by Sergio Sanchez, GNU Head Logo
(Gnash version), hawk by Brendan Connelly, Reading for my new born kid by Harald Grovan, poster-
surveillance by Chris Webber, New Cement by Daniel R Blume, Wire tangle by XWRN, LICORICE! by
Stephen Kruso, Sam in a bouncy castle by rjp
Fair Use: Misplaced brick, Boxtop, Spoons and Cement from you had one job funny fails, USB cake
fail, Hole cut in bathroom door, Trolls and cloudguy from Dreamworks, "Patent all the things" based
on Hyperbole and a Half, Pantene Pro-V Commercial featuring Elaine Irwin, HHSU+ratatouille from
Pixar, Red code from CSI:Cyber
PublicDomain: Cocoanut Grove from US Army BPL Collections
Noto Sans CJK JP Black is under the SIL Open Font License
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Thank you!

Three jobs