Open/Public answer to a recent blog post at LinkedIn
Posted July 14, 2018 at 08:03 by wyldckat
This blog post provides a complete answer to Tobias Holzmann's following post at LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update...72321633218560
This is because LinkedIn has a limited number of characters per comment and it required me to login in order to read the complete post... so I guess it's better that I answer here instead.
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Hi Tobi and greetings to all!
Since you mentioned me here, I guess I have to answer here as well
My experience on this is fairly simple:
I've been meaning to write a blog post on what motivates me to help people online with OpenFOAM et al... with luck I get inspiration to write it sometime this year, to give a bit more clarity on this and hopefully inspire more people to help online, instead of waiting for a core few to answer all questions
Best regards,
Bruno
This is because LinkedIn has a limited number of characters per comment and it required me to login in order to read the complete post... so I guess it's better that I answer here instead.
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Hi Tobi and greetings to all!
Since you mentioned me here, I guess I have to answer here as well
My experience on this is fairly simple:
- I rarely login into LinkedIn.... so to me this channel of communication is almost cutoff... I login every 3 to 12 months, when and if I find the time. In this case, it seemed at first an emergency, given that LinkedIn would not allow me to read your post without logging in.
- Asking me questions about OpenFOAM via email, private messages and other private channels, will be answered to when I have a chance, very likely with a semi-automatic message indicating that:
- I can answer public answers for free at https://www.cfd-online.com/Forums/openfoam/ - when I find the time to do it.
- We can provide paid support at the company where I work at, if you need faster/quicker/better/more-complete answers.
- In the past I did end up getting pulled into helping around 1 individual per year with their thesis, due to several reasons:
- because there apparently was no one else that could help them;
- because there was no support where they were studying at;
- because I was able to gain experience in helping them;
- and more importantly, because I somehow managed to find the time to help them.
I've been meaning to write a blog post on what motivates me to help people online with OpenFOAM et al... with luck I get inspiration to write it sometime this year, to give a bit more clarity on this and hopefully inspire more people to help online, instead of waiting for a core few to answer all questions
Best regards,
Bruno
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FYI: I've finally written the blog post I mentioned above: Why I contribute to the OpenFOAM forum(s), wiki(s) and the public communityPosted August 24, 2018 at 17:08 by wyldckat
