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$10M per year would be closer, actually. (Source: public git logs for all core Go repos in past year, look for google.com or golang.org emails, multiply by typ
by bradfitz 7y ago
$10M per year would be closer, actually.
(Source: public git logs for all core Go repos in past year, look for google.com or golang.org emails, multiply by typical Google salaries, which you can find on various sites.)
- jdm2212 7y ago10MM might be on the low side. I'd be surprised if Ian Lance Taylor, Russ Cox and Rob Pike are making less than a million dollars a year each. They're all L8+, and even by that standard they're notably famous/distinguished/respected.
- phillipcarter 7y agoAnother one to add is the cost of evangelism. Even if someone isn't evangelizing a language directly, they're helping further it so long as they demonstrate how to do stuff with it.