From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JFcoY-0001G5-0B for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 17 Jan 2008 22:02:22 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B53B7E095E; Thu, 17 Jan 2008 22:02:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from shadow.wildlava.net (shadow.wildlava.net [67.40.138.81]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8EBC6E095E for ; Thu, 17 Jan 2008 22:02:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [10.0.3.98] (mail.boulder.swri.edu [65.241.78.2]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by shadow.wildlava.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9A6A78F429 for ; Thu, 17 Jan 2008 15:02:18 -0700 (MST) Message-ID: <478FD039.5050708@gentoo.org> Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2008 15:01:29 -0700 From: Joe Peterson User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (X11/20071119) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Seeking questions for a user survey References: <20080114123348.GH5504@curie-int.orbis-terrarum.net> <20080115150514.83634594.genone@gentoo.org> <20080117200854.GB5504@curie-int.orbis-terrarum.net> In-Reply-To: <20080117200854.GB5504@curie-int.orbis-terrarum.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: adf70748-4a46-42fd-8bb8-1c7ed7480611 X-Archives-Hash: 7372de1393fd768072775e77b2a031ea On Thu, Jan 17, 2008 at 10:56:36AM +0000, Steve Long wrote: > Ryan Hill wrote: >> I agree, though year of birth might be interesting. Income and children >> are a bit too private. >> > ++ in general although I do think parenthood (if responsible) is as relevant > as age. A 28 year old with a 5 year old kid has a lot to show a 35 year old > doctoral student with no kids, even if it's not all technical. # of kids > isn't relevant. Judging the maturity of users (or devs) by how many children they have (or indeed *if* they have children) is pretty questionable. I know people who have kids and are pretty irresponsible (that's not to say most are, but one does not guarantee the other). And I'd argue that someone with children does not necessarily have "a lot to show" someone without kids, unless it is the specific experience of childrearing. There are many people (myself and my wife included) who choose consciously not to have children. It is becoming more and more a *choice* people can legitimately make rather than just an assumed part of life. It is not selfish or immature, as some people think, so I'd be careful about implying that such a question gauges maturity. -Joe -- gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org mailing list