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 quaid.108.redhat.com | gpg key: AD0E0C41 ////////////////////////////////// \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
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