try to identify features of the problem space that I have not mentioned
You’ve primarily looked at motivation. Skill and time are also important inputs, which you’ve mentioned once each:
Aggregating what skills potential project contributors have is useful for determining what projects are possible
Perhaps they have very time consuming jobs … or have too many other projects already
Skills are analog instead of binary. The overall equation looks something like Productivity = Motivation Skill Time. A zero input will destroy the output, and the inputs can partially substitute for each other.
For my part, I haven’t seen any potential projects where being a C++ Whisperer would be useful. If there were such projects, I could probably be persuaded to scrounge up some time for them.
You’ve primarily looked at motivation. Skill and time are also important inputs, which you’ve mentioned once each:
Skills are analog instead of binary. The overall equation looks something like Productivity = Motivation Skill Time. A zero input will destroy the output, and the inputs can partially substitute for each other.
For my part, I haven’t seen any potential projects where being a C++ Whisperer would be useful. If there were such projects, I could probably be persuaded to scrounge up some time for them.
Good point.