Discussion

Tracking down a 25% Regression on LLVM RISC-V

brcmthrowaway: This really shouldn't be free work.

Jyaif: Folks that do this work for "free" do it because they enjoy it.And a small observation: if you require money to do something, you usually have no chance of being as good as the folks that do it for the pleasure.

kubb: Sure but then they have to waste time working for money, rather than doing God’s work.

cjbgkagh: I would suggest that’s an availability bias, those who do it for free are more likely to blog about it.There is a common distinction between professional and amateur with the former getting paid for their work. In general there is an understanding that someone getting paid can focus and do it full time and are expected to be better than someone who does it as a hobby.Perhaps coding is an unusual space where the best coders are often misfits who have a hard time holding down a job.

luqtas: i think you need to understand more about modern software infrastructure [0][0] https://www.fordfoundation.org/learning/library/research-rep...

cjbgkagh: I'm focusing on the following premise;> if you require money to do something, you usually have no chance of being as good as the folks that do it for the pleasureNot only do I think professional have a chance to be as good as amateurs, but the elite professionals are on average better than the elite amateurs.I do think that we would be better off if more elite amateurs became elite professionals.

luqtas: should i repeat my comment and link the free document i doubt you read, again? modern software infrastructure runs on "folks that do it for the pleasure"

cjbgkagh: I did read it and I agree with the sentiment, but disagree that professionals have no chance to reach the level of amateurs.