From cfaa1bcba022be4bb8e2427897d52cd677cc6391 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ekaitz Zárraga Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2018 12:15:51 +0200 Subject: Genesis post translated --- content/posts/genesis.md | 29 ++++++++++++++--------------- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-) (limited to 'content/posts/genesis.md') diff --git a/content/posts/genesis.md b/content/posts/genesis.md index 7f5fa66..76ddbd1 100644 --- a/content/posts/genesis.md +++ b/content/posts/genesis.md @@ -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 -- cgit v1.2.3