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He's probably worth $300-$500/hr if not $1k...

by MuffinFlavored 7y ago

anderspitman 7y ago
Can you really put a number on this level of skill and productivity?
- shsh 7y ago
  Yeah... his current employer already does.
  - MuffinFlavored 7y ago
    Do you know who his current employer is (if any)?
    - Riada 7y ago
      He has his own company now with another partner (https://www.amarisoft.com/ https://www.amarisoft.com/) where they work on and distribute the LTE software he wrote.
      - metamet 7y ago
        Well, the scrolljacking is evidence no one is infallible. ;)
        allover 7y ago
        Well, not all lazy HN commentary, like criticisms of 'scrolljacking' should be taken seriously. ;)
    - bshimmin 7y ago
      It seems like he works here: https://www.amarisoft.com/about-us/ https://www.amarisoft.com/about-us/
  - akavi 7y ago
    You assume he's optimizing for money.
- quickthrower2 7y ago
  The problem with putting a $ figure on it is that people who create free software create emmense amounts of value but don't capture even a tiny fraction for themselves. OTOH to montize their genius they need to help corporates do things that are not neccesarily great for society. Also a coporate situation may hamper their genius, although at this level he probably gets to call the shots. Also a lot of useless consultants would earn that much, as would people doing shady shit, as well as many talented people so the $ comparison is kind of insulting.
FiloSottile 7y ago
That's a pretty standard range for high level consultants. Bellard can definitely bill well above that, if there are tasks that require his talent.
- MuffinFlavored 7y ago
  How much higher above $1k/hr can he bill?...
  - deleted 7y ago
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  - SkyMarshal 7y ago
    Someone like him wouldn’t be billing by the hour, but rather as a portion of overall value created. For the kind of non-trivial jobs worth his time, six figures at least.
Aissen 7y ago
There's at least two years of work in there as Fabrice Bellard's side project. This would mean about ~10-15 man-years of full-time work for a small team of experienced engineers, which is about what it took for jerryscript: https://github.com/jerryscript-project/jerryscript https://github.com/jerryscript-project/jerryscript Granted, the targets aren't exactly the same (micro-controllers vs very small lib), but benchmark differences are impressive: https://bellard.org/quickjs/bench.html https://bellard.org/quickjs/bench.html
akavi 7y ago
Any FAANG would happily pay him a 7 figure salary if he was interested.
- anderspitman 7y ago
  Normally I'd consider this hyperbole, but if I had the means I would absolutely offer it. He's a generational talent.

He's probably worth $300-$500/hr if not $1k...

anderspitman 7y ago

Can you really put a number on this level of skill and productivity?

shsh 7y ago
Yeah... his current employer already does.
- MuffinFlavored 7y ago
  Do you know who his current employer is (if any)?
  - Riada 7y ago
    He has his own company now with another partner (https://www.amarisoft.com/ https://www.amarisoft.com/) where they work on and distribute the LTE software he wrote.
    - metamet 7y ago
      Well, the scrolljacking is evidence no one is infallible. ;)
      - allover 7y ago
        Well, not all lazy HN commentary, like criticisms of 'scrolljacking' should be taken seriously. ;)
  - bshimmin 7y ago
    It seems like he works here: https://www.amarisoft.com/about-us/ https://www.amarisoft.com/about-us/
- akavi 7y ago
  You assume he's optimizing for money.
quickthrower2 7y ago
The problem with putting a $ figure on it is that people who create free software create emmense amounts of value but don't capture even a tiny fraction for themselves. OTOH to montize their genius they need to help corporates do things that are not neccesarily great for society. Also a coporate situation may hamper their genius, although at this level he probably gets to call the shots. Also a lot of useless consultants would earn that much, as would people doing shady shit, as well as many talented people so the $ comparison is kind of insulting.

FiloSottile 7y ago

That's a pretty standard range for high level consultants. Bellard can definitely bill well above that, if there are tasks that require his talent.

MuffinFlavored 7y ago
How much higher above $1k/hr can he bill?...
- deleted 7y ago
  [deleted]
- SkyMarshal 7y ago
  Someone like him wouldn’t be billing by the hour, but rather as a portion of overall value created. For the kind of non-trivial jobs worth his time, six figures at least.

Aissen 7y ago

There's at least two years of work in there as Fabrice Bellard's side project. This would mean about ~10-15 man-years of full-time work for a small team of experienced engineers, which is about what it took for jerryscript: https://github.com/jerryscript-project/jerryscript https://github.com/jerryscript-project/jerryscript Granted, the targets aren't exactly the same (micro-controllers vs very small lib), but benchmark differences are impressive: https://bellard.org/quickjs/bench.html https://bellard.org/quickjs/bench.html

akavi 7y ago

Any FAANG would happily pay him a 7 figure salary if he was interested.

anderspitman 7y ago
Normally I'd consider this hyperbole, but if I had the means I would absolutely offer it. He's a generational talent.