Thanks for helping me make a (small) difference
Added 2020-03-17 22:01:59 +0000 UTCEarlier this week, I decided to make both my books available free on LeanPub for the rest of the month, to help people level up on some new skills. Your support here on Patreon has helped with this decision, so thank you very much!
I had hoped this would never happen, but I've already seen some friends of friends either get reduced hours or get some contracting gigs revoked.
I still hope this trend diminishes, but if it doesn't, we should all be there for our friends—if it becomes anything like the 2008 recession, we will probably all have at least one close friend or coworker lose their livelihood.
While things like a $2 donation or a small one time gift won't turn around someone's life, the gesture of being there for another person, and the knowing that someone is not alone, is priceless.
Especially as we are all shutting ourselves in (at least in most parts of the world), please make an effort to reach out to those you know. Let's be open to our friends and co-workers and make sure nobody feels alone, just like we open our software and share it to make other people's lives better!
Sincerely,
Jeff Geerling
