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"As you can see, the numbers above put me at roughly $4200 this month. My wife and I live a modest life, and while taxes in Sweden are high, this is enough to b

"As you can see, the numbers above put me at roughly $4200 this month. My wife and I live a modest life, and while taxes in Sweden are high, this is enough to break even where we are right now." Break-even?! No, no, no. He's doing so much amazing work he should be making a lot more. In any case, congrats on living the dream and working on things you can be proud of. I hope it never ends (or it ends on your terms).

systemvoltage 4y ago
He was an engineer at Apple for many years I think. So that means he has some buffer to take on Serenity for last 2 years. I wish him good success and hope to see him having to not worry about money. Subscribe and support him!
rjh29 4y ago
He's working full time on a project he absolutely loves, with a community he loves. Sure more money would be good but we can't have everything!
- akling 4y ago
  Indeed! But if I did suddenly have a lot more money, I would use it to pay people in said community to work on SerenityOS :^)
  - mtnGoat 4y ago
    This is a great statement! I think it’s a privilege to work on something you’d put your own money into, and have conviction about. I’m happy that you have found that thing.
kaashif 4y ago
> He's doing so much amazing work he should be making a lot more. What do you mean by this? His situation seems perfectly good - he has enough to live on without drawing down savings and gets to work on his passion project. If we think he should get more in donations, we should donate more, I guess?
- quickthrower2 4y ago
  At a job you tend not to worry about next months salary being s lot less. If you are let go because they can’t afford you you get a job somewhere else. So being poor (as in can’t make ends meet) is less of a concern than something like this. If I were doing this then “marketing” would also be on my mind.
  - adrianmsmith 4y ago
    > If you are let go because they can’t afford you you get a job somewhere else I think this part of the situation is the same for the author. They may not want to, but if their donations fall below an acceptable level, they too can get a job somewhere.

systemvoltage 4y ago

He was an engineer at Apple for many years I think. So that means he has some buffer to take on Serenity for last 2 years. I wish him good success and hope to see him having to not worry about money. Subscribe and support him!

rjh29 4y ago

He's working full time on a project he absolutely loves, with a community he loves. Sure more money would be good but we can't have everything!

akling 4y ago
Indeed! But if I did suddenly have a lot more money, I would use it to pay people in said community to work on SerenityOS :^)
- mtnGoat 4y ago
  This is a great statement! I think it’s a privilege to work on something you’d put your own money into, and have conviction about. I’m happy that you have found that thing.

kaashif 4y ago

> He's doing so much amazing work he should be making a lot more. What do you mean by this? His situation seems perfectly good - he has enough to live on without drawing down savings and gets to work on his passion project. If we think he should get more in donations, we should donate more, I guess?

quickthrower2 4y ago
At a job you tend not to worry about next months salary being s lot less. If you are let go because they can’t afford you you get a job somewhere else. So being poor (as in can’t make ends meet) is less of a concern than something like this. If I were doing this then “marketing” would also be on my mind.
- adrianmsmith 4y ago
  > If you are let go because they can’t afford you you get a job somewhere else I think this part of the situation is the same for the author. They may not want to, but if their donations fall below an acceptable level, they too can get a job somewhere.