From f7794a1479a7879becc711c57aebdc84e769b9df Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ekaitz Zárraga Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2019 13:59:38 +0100 Subject: Update many --- content/posts/genesis.md | 146 ----------------------------------------------- 1 file changed, 146 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 content/posts/genesis.md (limited to 'content/posts/genesis.md') diff --git a/content/posts/genesis.md b/content/posts/genesis.md deleted file mode 100644 index 07818ef..0000000 --- a/content/posts/genesis.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,146 +0,0 @@ -Title: Genesis -Date: 2018-04-15 -Category: -Tags: -Slug: Genesis -Lang: en -Summary: - About this blog, ElenQ Technology, and myself - - -As a first post in this *official-but-not-very-official* blog I just want to -introduce myself and *ElenQ Technology*. - -First of all, my name is Ekaitz Zárraga and I was born in 1991. I describe my -job as R&D Engineer but actually I studied Telecommunications Engineering and I -*only* make my research and development in that area. I'm mostly focused in -programming or computer-related activities but I can also do some electronics -and other kind of things. That's my formal introduction. In the informal part -I'd say I've always been a really curious person and that made me try other -disciplines like arts in its different forms. This last point drives most of -what I'll write about later in this text. That's all from my part, I'll write -down an informal resume in the future. - - -*ElenQ Technology* is a name, it's a name to call the way I am and the -interests I have. That said, it's also the independent R&D project I'm running. -It's a different kind of company which aims to raise awareness about ethical -technology or [Ethical Innovation][1] by example, demonstrating ethical -companies can be profitable. It's not simply the way I make my living where I -make engineering, it's also a performance. Like an art piece. - -> *ElenQ Technology* is an art piece which tells you that a different model is -> possible. It tells you that you have a choice and you don't need to work in a -> corporation and be governed by its rules. - -*ElenQ Technology* is the result of many things I felt working for other -companies and it's also the result of a deep analysis of the status of the -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* 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 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 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 -can be, mostly because the corporations I mention are present in other -countries. - -Personally, I had the luck to work in what I thought it was a better place. -The working conditions were not as bad as I described, or at least I -thought that. It was a R&D Engineer position in a not very big corporation. I -worked in a small department with less than ten co-workers. We made new stuff -for the company. It was fun. - -After some time there I realized how it worked. It wasn't really different to -other jobs. There were a lot of things I don't want to share here but I started -to feel bad there and my personal situation didn't help at all. I've always -been a really curious person, I love learning new things and the job simply -wasn't giving me that as it did at the beginning. I started to need to fill my -needs spending more time after the job doing tech related stuff in the few free -time I had. The mix between the boring job and the organizational problems we -had made it really depressing. - -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 -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 -ethics are not compatible with people tracking. I don't like it and I don't -want to be part of it. - -I always wanted to change the way the technology is created and I always -thought it was a great idea to make it by myself and encourage others to do so, -but I never had the courage to do it. What happened gave me the courage I -needed. - -But, why not simply move to another job? - -I think it was the moment to try it. I had been defining an idea of what -Ethical Technology is for a while and I always wanted to apply that idea in my -field: R&D. Also, taking in account that most of the companies where I could -work have the same structural problems I decided to change it from the root. I -decided to try a different model. Did I really have other options? - -Is living in a depressing environment making the world a worse place to live -in an option? Really? - -Think about it. - - -Now, *ElenQ Technology* breaks the business model of the companies of my -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 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]). - -I want to change the world. Don't you? - -The thing is I can't do it alone so *ElenQ Technology* wants to push other -people to take the same decision I took (or I was forced to take) and that's -its main goal. - -Let's change the world together. - -### About this website - -You already noticed this is not the official *ElenQ Technology* website. This -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. - -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 -do with you all. - -### About languages - -I'll write all this post in English but some of the entries are going to be -translated. As the blog supports that, it's better for me to leave it like a -supported tool and keep the translation option always enabled so I can add -community translated posts or posts translated by myself. - -[1]: https://elenq.tech/en/about.html#ethical-innovation -- cgit v1.2.3