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While this reflects very creditably on Red Hat it struck me > that quite a few of us probably have employers who would be less > sympathetic to the idea that issues caused by being an open source > maintainer should become their problem, especially if they were > spilling over into internal job functions. So I went looking for > community resources that could be called on and found, rather > distressingly given the amount that people talk about this, that there > are none. The best I can find was the session that happened in the > Kernel Summit track: > > https://lpc.events/event/17/contributions/1574/ > > But that was a one-off rather than a resource that anyone can call on > at any time. That was indeed a useful session, thanks to Shuah for organizing. I took advantage of the offer for a follow-up session with Dr. Chance. > So the topic I'd like to raise is what should we as a > community actually be providing to help people through burn out and > other community health issues? We could just continue on as we are now > which is pretty much nothing official but various community members > will be happy to help (although good luck finding them listed > anywhere). Speaking for myself, it is not clear that a list makes the problem better. If the number of community members willing to help is larger than the number of folks willing to be explicitly listed, does that injure scaling? That said, if you are having a hard time, do reach out to peers, do not wait for a list. > We could make the self help support more official by providing a > mailing list and possibly a wiki of volunteers specifically for the > purpose. Steven has talked about this, and I am supportive. Additionally, one of the developments since that Plumbers session that I believe helps with burnout and conflict is more offlist collaboration. For example, subsystem specific conference calls, subsystem chat channels, and if you are lucky enough to live near a critical mass of developers, occasional gatherings for drinks and catching up, helps relieve pressure and build community. > Or, we could even decide that this is a serious enough problem to ask > the LF if it would be amenable to providing us with some resources to > help, thinks like organizing regular sessions like the plumbers one > above and perhaps offering 1:1 video counseling and other resources. I do think aspects of this topic are in scope for Shuah's Mentorship Series, for more opportunities to share what works and what does not work in navigating a Linux career. https://events.linuxfoundation.org/lf-live-mentorship-series/ There are also training and development resources that many folks have access to through $employer. I do wonder what the uptake was on the sponsored sessions with Dr. Chance to inform if this is a resource Linux community needs access to on a regular basis. Is this problem is getting worse, better, or staying the same over time?