Ryan Bigg joined the show to talk about his open source work on the documentation of Ruby on Rails, fund raising, crowd sourcing, departure, handing off, not quitting, making the right decision, getting paid, sustaining, and more.
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10/20/17 • 65 min
Request For Commits - Documentation and Quitting Open Source
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On today's show Mikeal and I talk with Ryan Bigg. Ryan is known for his work on Rails documentation, including the Rails guides and Rails 4 in Action. In 2015 he announced he is quitting all open source work, as he wanted to spend his free time elsewhere.
Mikeal Rogers:Our focus with Ryan was burnout. We talked about his time as a community manager for Spree, writing documentation for Rails, and what lead
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