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Wow, killer of a first paragraph. >Around 95 percent of this figure is attributable to 3,000 developers worldwide. In addition, open-source software is include
by zonkerdonker 2y ago
Wow, killer of a first paragraph.
>Around 95 percent of this figure is attributable to 3,000 developers worldwide. In addition, open-source software is included in 96 percent of all codebases.
Not shocking to see the big guns coming hard at FOSS.
- WithinReason 2y ago$8.8T*0.95/3000 = $2.8B
- glimshe 2y agoDoes this support the idea behind the 10x and 100x developer concept? In my experience, they do exist.
- washadjeffmad 2y agoDepending on your standards, those are just flattery rates. People probably won't want to work for you (or in the field), though, if they're implied to be 0.1x or 0.01x developers.
- 7e 2y agoYes, $2.8B per developer is a clear indication that this study is delusional. The entire global wealth of the world is 450 trillion. Open source is 2% of that? I don't think so. Wealth includes labor, land, materials, homes and buildings, tools, weapons, renewable and fossil sources of energy, industrial and rural capacity, other capital, mines, etc. Or maybe I'm wrong, and OpenAI and Anthropic (which produce AIs which can code decently) are massively undervalued at only a hundred or so OSS developers each.
- blitzar 2y ago> Around 95 percent of this figure is attributable to 3,000 developers worldwide Linus is probably 60% of that?