I think much of the difficulty is that tech work is not usually able to be done with minimal context the way, say, being a volunteer where your main skill is being a human rather than being a professional. For example, it’s pretty easy to piece together volunteers to do things like fill a receptionist roll, assist with construction, or perform some other labor that requires minimal training. There’s not much easily identifiable tech work that could be knocked out in an hour or two such that the person assisting can then just forget about it and the org needing it will be able to easily take advantage of the work done. This means tech volunteering is going to require a sustained commitment from someone, and that’s much harder to arrange.
I think much of the difficulty is that tech work is not usually able to be done with minimal context the way, say, being a volunteer where your main skill is being a human rather than being a professional. For example, it’s pretty easy to piece together volunteers to do things like fill a receptionist roll, assist with construction, or perform some other labor that requires minimal training. There’s not much easily identifiable tech work that could be knocked out in an hour or two such that the person assisting can then just forget about it and the org needing it will be able to easily take advantage of the work done. This means tech volunteering is going to require a sustained commitment from someone, and that’s much harder to arrange.