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The Importance of Passion and Coding in Open Source Work
The author emphasizes that the completion of the core project might feel like hitting the finish line but work such as publicity, further detailing and benefiting adjacent projects constitute an untracked and often neglected 10%. Providing examples from multiple arenas be it academic research, software development or side businesses, they advocate for the significance of crossing this false finish line for true completion and impact. In the comments, there is a prominent skepticism and criticism of the ESG, environmental, social and governance scoring system. A common sentiment is that ESG allows corporations to appear socially responsible without making substantial changes to their actual practices. They point out that companies often focus on the more subjective social and governance aspects, which can be manipulated
