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authorEkaitz Zárraga <ekaitz.zarraga@protonmail.com>2018-04-25 12:15:51 +0200
committerEkaitz Zárraga <ekaitz.zarraga@protonmail.com>2018-04-25 12:19:15 +0200
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@@ -38,19 +38,19 @@ technology in my context, which I think it can be generalized globally with a
decent accuracy.
First, in my near context most of the IT companies have a similar business
-model based on *body shopping* while paying really low salaries. Other sectors
+model based on *body shopping* and they pay really low salaries. Other sectors
are not in a much better position, but the IT is outrageous.
The jobs are not 9-to-5 jobs here. Working 10 hours per day is becoming the
norm. The famous *Economical Crisis™* mixed with a deep corruption made people
-pray for jobs and the companies around are being aware of that.
+pray for jobs and the companies are being aware of that.
That said, you can easily imagine how the tech world works here. IT
-corporations get a ridiculous amount of money for any job while they don't
-respect their workers nor their clients. They make proprietary solutions
-because they don't want to lose the projects and let the client be independent.
-They don't want you to be free in any case because they need to maintain
-their rotten business model.
+corporations get a ridiculous amount of money while they don't respect their
+workers nor their clients. They make proprietary solutions because they don't
+want to lose the projects and let the client be independent. They don't want
+you to be free in any case because they need to maintain their rotten business
+model.
That is the general status of the IT world in my surroundings but I'm sure, as
I said, it can be generalized, maybe not totally but there are many points than
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ While I was immerse in that depressing environment, our company wanted more
money and they started looking for new businesses with the resources they had.
Our team, as R&D team, was responsible of the development of the first
*proof-of-concept* of the new technology. We were asked to analyze the data
-that the company had. Literally, we were asked to track people. The company
+that the company had. Literally, we were asked to track people. The company
didn't care if they were our users or not, we were asked to track *everyone*.
That was the straw that broke the camel's back. I left the job because my
@@ -107,9 +107,9 @@ environment. It makes ethical technology and it makes it in an ethical way.
That's good for me because it lets me work on the fields I like and I can make
the world a better place to live in, which selfishly will improve the future I
leave for my children if I ever have them. But it's also good for the clients
-*ElenQ Technology* has, because all the projects I make are handled in a way
-*they* own them, following the principles of the Free Software and Hardware
-and [Ethical Design manifesto](https://2017.ind.ie/ethical-design/) with some
+*ElenQ Technology* has, because all the projects are handled in a way *they*
+own them, following the principles of the Free Software and Hardware and
+[Ethical Design manifesto](https://2017.ind.ie/ethical-design/) with some
extra ideas I added to be more specific to the innovation field (you can read
more [here][1]).
@@ -128,8 +128,8 @@ is *my* *official-but-not-very-official* blog as part (or head, but I don't
like that word) of *ElenQ Technology*.
Here I'll write about *ElenQ Technology*'s philosophy, goals, achievements and
-that kind of *official* things but mostly I'll write about the things we make.
-That's what interests me the most.
+that kind of *official* things but mostly I'll write **about the things we
+make**. That's what interests me the most.
This is going to be a really technical place where I'll try to explain advanced
concepts in a simple way to let you learn stuff with me. I want to share what I
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ do with you all.
### About the languages
I'll try to make my best and write all the posts three times one on each
-language I know (English, Basque and Spanish) while blog itself will be only
+language I know (English, Basque and Spanish) and the blog itself will be only
in English for technical reasons and also because I consider it's the language
you all can understand enough to navigate without problems. The idea is to make
this the most inclusive place I can.
@@ -150,5 +150,4 @@ Basque, even if I feel quite comfortable speaking and writing in Basque, it's
not a language I use a lot.
-
[1]: https://elenq.tech/en/about.html#ethical-innovation