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Joe Peterson wrote: |
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> On Thu, Jan 17, 2008 at 10:56:36AM +0000, Steve Long wrote: |
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>> Ryan Hill wrote: |
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>>> I agree, though year of birth might be interesting. Income and children |
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>>> are a bit too private. |
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>> ++ in general although I do think parenthood (if responsible) is as |
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>> relevant as age. A 28 year old with a 5 year old kid has a lot to show a |
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>> 35 year old doctoral student with no kids, even if it's not all |
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>> technical. # of kids isn't relevant. |
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> Judging the maturity of users (or devs) by how many children they have |
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> (or indeed *if* they have children) is pretty questionable. I know |
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> people who have kids and are pretty irresponsible (that's not to say |
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> most are, but one does not guarantee the other). And I'd argue that |
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> someone with children does not necessarily have "a lot to show" someone |
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> without kids, unless it is the specific experience of childrearing. |
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> There are many people (myself and my wife included) who choose |
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> consciously not to have children. It is becoming more and more a |
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> *choice* people can legitimately make rather than just an assumed part |
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> of life. It is not selfish or immature, as some people think, so I'd be |
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> careful about implying that such a question gauges maturity. |
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My apologies if I caused you any offense, Joe. I fully agree that choosing |
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not to have children is just as mature as deciding to procreate, and more |
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mature than simply drifting into parenthood. |
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I suppose what I am getting at is the idea that there are others in Gentoo |
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besides young single males. A responsible parent or a committed spouse has |
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a very different perspective to a teenager. Certainly my perspective now at |
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37 is vastly different to when I was 18. Parenthood changed a great deal, |
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as did the earlier process of committing to marriage. |
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Which is not to denigrate people who chose not to marry; my godchildren's |
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parents were dead-set about their commitment to each other without a piece |
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of paper. I guess it's the change between being an individual and feeling a |
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commitment to someone else. And yeah maybe it's not something we need to |
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ask anyone, but it is good to consider that there are diverse perspectives |
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within the group. |
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In the same vein I asked on project wrt to number of female devs and was |
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told there are perhaps 3 or 4 iirc. |
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