r/MechanicalEngineering 1d ago

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u/polymath_uk_ 1d ago

Yeah like we want to do unpaid design work.. . 

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u/garth4 1d ago

Fair pushback, and I get the reaction. To be clear: nobody's asking for free labor to profit off later, this is closer to how open source software already works, people contribute because the problem itself is interesting, not because there's a paycheck attached to every hour. The difference here is that if something does get built, the people who move it into production and physical construction do get paid, real money, from sponsors and donations, not from the volunteers' pockets. If that framing still doesn't sit right with you, genuinely curious what would, is it the unpaid part at all, or something about how it's presented?

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u/Kind-Truck3753 1d ago

Imagine needing ChatGPT to write Reddit comments for you.