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> Better AWS pays for Rust development than if noone would. That feels like a false choice, though. Rust is popular enough that surely another company (Fastly,
by untog 6y ago
> Better AWS pays for Rust development than if noone would.
That feels like a false choice, though. Rust is popular enough that surely another company (Fastly, for example?) would have good use for such a talent. But I doubt they can rival Amazon in pay. Such is the world.
- nicoburns 6y agoIf someone is working on a social good (the Rust compiler), is it not better that they are taking money from a large corporation rather than a smaller one that might put that money to better use?
- untog 6y agoDepends if that large corporation decides the direction of their work. Social good isn’t guaranteed in perpetuity.
- nicoburns 6y ago> Social good isn’t guaranteed in perpetuity. True, but employment isn't perpetual either. If they later decided that their work wasn't what they wanted to be working on then they would be free to leave at that point.
- antihero 6y agoWell the problem comes when said corporation co-ops said good thing for their own gain, to the deficiet of the wider community.