I have a lot of thoughts on the subject, considering my own developer journey over the last 20+ years in various settings around the world.
Ultimately, Damus is set up in such a way that it's all about what @jb55 wants to do. I greatly admire what he has done, and I've told Will numerous times that I'm always there if he wants to talk and share experiences.
Regarding what I would say publicly, the most important point is: when you are contributing to FOSS, you're building a reputation, not compensation. You won't make nearly as much as you would if you chose traditional routes (fiat job, startup, VCs, etc.).
A critical side effect of this is that you need to take care of the reputation, self-actualization, and motivation of everyone involved. Managing a FOSS project is a heavy burden. Money is a very powerful tool, and the fact that every civilization that has scaled invented it is no coincidence. It allows you to remove a lot of variables. Beyond a certain point, you can only scale with money to maintain structure.
So, if I were in Damus, I'd prioritize the happiness and reputation of contributors over impact. The track record clearly shows that something great is being done, so I wouldn't worry too much about making it "greater." Instead, as long as the work continues to be meaningful for Will and others participating, that's all that matters.
If anyone is curious to explore the topic of "reputation over compensation", take a look at Advancing Bitcoin talk I gave back in March this year: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUgQPR6ecuo
Thanks for creating content on Nost, love to zap ⚡ what you create
And then these posts like the one below are just bonus
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I have a lot of thoughts on the subject, considering my own developer journey over the last 20+ years in various settings around the world.
Ultimately, Damus is set up in such a way that it's all about what @jb55 wants to do. I greatly admire what he has done, and I've told Will numerous times that I'm always there if he wants to talk and share experiences.
Regarding what I would say publicly, the most important point is: when you are contributing to FOSS, you're building a reputation, not compensation. You won't make nearly as much as you would if you chose traditional routes (fiat job, startup, VCs, etc.).
A critical side effect of this is that you need to take care of the reputation, self-actualization, and motivation of everyone involved. Managing a FOSS project is a heavy burden. Money is a very powerful tool, and the fact that every civilization that has scaled invented it is no coincidence. It allows you to remove a lot of variables. Beyond a certain point, you can only scale with money to maintain structure.
So, if I were in Damus, I'd prioritize the happiness and reputation of contributors over impact. The track record clearly shows that something great is being done, so I wouldn't worry too much about making it "greater." Instead, as long as the work continues to be meaningful for Will and others participating, that's all that matters.
Bitcoin empowers you to serve better. Never use that power to dominate and steal the proof of work of other Bitcoiners. It is the fastest way to corruption.
Just asking questions, to become even better Uncle... that's it. I love y'all... and if we continue escalating this relationship I will be pampered by Nostr 🫂❤️
Since you speak of God - I actually think you become much closer to God through relationship with other people.
So much that there are relationship hackers - priests - that then insert themselves betweet individuals and Gods, then harnessing that for their benefit (they are closer to God and you're not)
That's kinda what my question is about - how do I better structure my relationships so that "we all" grow towards being closer to God, without those insertions as proxy taking place.
You can always do better...
Yeah, this is good... been trying it lately, and then observing who are the friends who are shrinking away from our joint discovery of truth (like seeing who doesn't want to discover truth together)
yeah, that's definitely wrong question to ask on Nostr
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Thank you for sharing your wisdom Mallory, I promise to repay with more - whatever those Mexican fried things were - next time we are together IRL.
And chocolate 🍫!
Yeah, I kinda want multiple to have multiple options.
I wish this was like in Primal:
- one tap to zap default amount
- long tap to show multiple options
- configuration is done from Settings, not long tap
One of the biggest obstacles to growth I've seen in people is that make everything about themselves. Not everything happens to you or for you. The higher you climb the more it is about others.
When struggles starts - no matter what happens - on your end it's all about staying productive, being a good person, and doing the best you can. That's all.
Yes, you are there because of the experiences and skills that you have. But maybe you're also there to be an example. Martyr. You could be part of someone's test. You never know how Universe wants to use you.
After going through all the life experiences and startups in the last two decades - the only moments I regret are those when I lost control and lashed out, blaming and hurting others.
On the other hand, if I managed to keep control and stay the course, it has paid huge dividends. I've had engineers come back in decade and admit they've been assholes causing problems, only to end up being critical for the projects I'm currently on. Young startup founders who followed my struggles and wanted to know details behind them so they can do better. Or my favorite - VCs that have been following me on Twitter for years... and complain they can't shitpost (I explain that they can, but not high success rate there).
The most important part: don't allow pain to provide opening for corruption to seep in, allowing others to vilify you. Stay the course and do the best you can. Protect others that are overexposed. The more you can honestly channel the truth you feel, the better in tune you'll be to manifest whatever outcome Universe wants you to manifest.
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