[jph]

Yes. I paid $100 because I want to encourage volunteering.

> To Marc Andreessen. From Joel Parker Henderson. Hi Marc, what are some of your favorite charity causes that could benefit from pro bono coding help? I work at [X] and we have many programmers who volunteer for social progressive causes; we love coding and we love to help. Thank you, Joel

[awinder]

Normally volunteers are not paid $100 / answer to question, just saying.

[moftz]

The proceeds go to charity.

[bykovich]

why didn't you just talk to your favorite charities instead of deferring that judgement to Andreessen

[idiot_stick]

>why didn't you just talk to your favorite charities instead of deferring that judgement to Andreessen

No doubt. Paid $100 to ask Andreeesen what his favourite charities are? The SV hero worship is so intense.

[jph]

I talk with many charities. I also like to ask people about charities where pro bono programming may be especially helpful. If you have ideas, that's great.

A successful example is Benetech.org, a SF Bay Area technology charity that is doing wonderful work in tech and social good; I learned about Benetech because of direct personal advice.

Here are some of my favorite charities in case you're interested in learning more and/or donating. Thank you!

For tech: Apache Software Foundation (ASF), Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), Free Software Foundation (FSF), Linux Foundation, Open Source Initiative (OSI), Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC).

For social causes: American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Amnesty International, Benetech for Global Literacy, Center for Environmental Health (CEH), Doctors Without Borders, Human Rights Watch (HRW).