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Wikipedia says the programmer was offered $200K + a Hawaiian vacation. It doesn't say what he actually negotiated or received.

• ido 11y ago
  Just for scale: $200k 1982-dollars is $491k in 2016-dollars. So he was probably quite motivated to get it done.
  • talmand 11y ago
    Someone could offer me $200k in today's dollars for a five week project and I would gladly take it.
    • ganeshkrishnan 11y ago
      Someone could offer me a vacation in Hawaii for five week project and I would gladly take it
      • gravypod 11y ago
        Someone could offer me an unpaid summer internship and I'd probably take it.
        • ido 11y ago
          I know it's a joke, but don't take unpaid internships - you're devaluing your own (and everyone else's) job.