Put your IT money where your mouth is
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Most of the time I try to stick to technical topics on this blog, rather than political. However, as this past week has shown we do not have the luxury of being a-political. We have a political system where rampant institutional corruption has been suddenly overshadowed by a new administration that has a complete and total disregard for the rule of law, American citizens, people in need (domestic or foreign), the future of our planet, and the basic facts of reality itself.
This does not bode well for us as a people.
Many people are asking themselves what they can do, and how they can help fight back when they have so much else going on. Most of my social media followers and readers of this blog work in IT in some fashion. We have jobs, sometimes with considerably longer than 40-hour work weeks. (Side note: That's unethical too, but a topic for another time.) Many of us have families to take care of. We have houses that need care. We don't live near an airport to participate in a protest even if we had the time. We may have some physical disability that makes attending a protest infeasible. But we want to help somehow!
There are many ways to help in this fight, but for my fellow tech folks remember that you have an advantage many lack: Money.