Re: OSS isn't Free Software
"Also, there are always alternatives. You may not like them, but you have them. You may have to change industries, take a pay cut, become an independent contractor, move to a different location, or even leave The System entirely, but there are always alternatives to compromising with evil. Don't let yourself rationalise them away."
If ALL roads lead to Hell, INCLUDING the way you came? AND the bridge you're crossing is creaking VERY distressingly? There are some for which ANYTHING you describe is a pipe dream. Change industries? That means going back to school, which is expensive and not guaranteed to be effective in a glutted worker market. Independent contractors are not trusted in certain industries, so it's get hired or bust. Moving means leaving the most affordable market, ANYWHERE is more expensive? Pay cut? Barely paying the bills as it is, any cut can be an existential threat. And leave the system? For where? Or are you basically saying take the easy way out?
Biting the hand that feeds IT
