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> it's almost inevitable that you'll do more harm making the money than you can possibly do good spending it. levels.fyi claims a Google 'Senior SWE' earns $35
by michaelt 5y ago
> it's almost inevitable that you'll do more harm making the money than you can possibly do good spending it.
levels.fyi claims a Google 'Senior SWE' earns $358,000 a year, while [1] estimates some of the most cost-effective charities can save a life for $4500. If that Googler donates a mere 10% of their salary, that's 8 lives saved a year.
So I'm kinda sceptical of what you call 'almost inevitable' here.
[1] https://www.givewell.org/charities/top-charities https://www.givewell.org/charities/top-charities
- PaulHoule 5y agoOne general counter is that groups like the Gates Foundation that work in countries with sub-functioning governments do a certain amount of good in the short term by bypassing the government... But they are complicit in keeping governments sub-functioning, corrupt, not accountable to people, etc.
- zozbot234 5y agoFor governments to be truly accountable to the people, you need some form of stable civil society which requires some wealth. So bypassing the corrupt government is exactly what you want to begin with.