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Their lead developer is paid $72k/yr, and mobile developer $49k/yr. I'm not sure what to think, but that's definitely interesting. I wonder what chess.com is p

Their lead developer is paid $72k/yr, and mobile developer $49k/yr. I'm not sure what to think, but that's definitely interesting. I wonder what chess.com is paying their engineers.

sebmellen 7mo ago
Could be part time
- sillysaurusx 7mo ago
  I thought so too, but another entry in their sheet is "Sysadmin (part time)" for $18k/yr. So either they forgot to put part time in parens, or they're paid full time wages. I wonder which...
- static_motion 7mo ago
  Or full time. In some countries, those are pretty decent salaries. I earn €50k in one of the poorer European countries and that puts me in the top ~8%.
  - fernandopj 7mo ago
    Both would be very decent salaries in South America also
  - sebmellen 7mo ago
    Let’s talk. Email is in my bio!
tumdum_ 7mo ago
Can you explain what is interesting in those salaries?
- morcus 7mo ago
  They are extremely low (at least by the standard of Software Engineers based in the US)
  - tumdum_ 7mo ago
    Lichess is a non profit from France (like it’s author) and those salaries quite normal for France.
    - YetAnotherNick 7mo ago
      No it is not. Yes it could be for your average everyday developer but if someone can run site with millions of active users alone, there is no difference in salary based on where the developer stays. Does Mistral pays $100k salary to researchers?
      - victorbjorklund 7mo ago
        Pretty sure OpenAI pays higher than chess.com
        YetAnotherNick 7mo ago
        OpenAI doesn't pay 1 developer higher salary than all the chess.com developers combined.
      - tumdum_ 7mo ago
        It’s a *non* profit so I think it’s perfectly normal that he pays himself that. It’s a good salary which lets him live normal comfortable life. Mistral is *for* profit.
        YetAnotherNick 7mo ago
        Just because someone is running non profit they are expected to take 10% of their deserved salary?
- solarized 7mo ago
  A huge difference between just for fun and money oriented products.

Their lead developer is paid $72k/yr, and mobile developer $49k/yr. I'm not sure what to think, but that's definitely interesting. I wonder what chess.com is paying their engineers.

sebmellen 7mo ago

Could be part time

sillysaurusx 7mo ago
I thought so too, but another entry in their sheet is "Sysadmin (part time)" for $18k/yr. So either they forgot to put part time in parens, or they're paid full time wages. I wonder which...
static_motion 7mo ago
Or full time. In some countries, those are pretty decent salaries. I earn €50k in one of the poorer European countries and that puts me in the top ~8%.
- fernandopj 7mo ago
  Both would be very decent salaries in South America also
- sebmellen 7mo ago
  Let’s talk. Email is in my bio!

tumdum_ 7mo ago

Can you explain what is interesting in those salaries?

morcus 7mo ago
They are extremely low (at least by the standard of Software Engineers based in the US)
- tumdum_ 7mo ago
  Lichess is a non profit from France (like it’s author) and those salaries quite normal for France.
  - YetAnotherNick 7mo ago
    No it is not. Yes it could be for your average everyday developer but if someone can run site with millions of active users alone, there is no difference in salary based on where the developer stays. Does Mistral pays $100k salary to researchers?
    - victorbjorklund 7mo ago
      Pretty sure OpenAI pays higher than chess.com
      - YetAnotherNick 7mo ago
        OpenAI doesn't pay 1 developer higher salary than all the chess.com developers combined.
    - tumdum_ 7mo ago
      It’s a *non* profit so I think it’s perfectly normal that he pays himself that. It’s a good salary which lets him live normal comfortable life. Mistral is *for* profit.
      - YetAnotherNick 7mo ago
        Just because someone is running non profit they are expected to take 10% of their deserved salary?
solarized 7mo ago
A huge difference between just for fun and money oriented products.