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Any idea how much this has cost them? Some non-profits have their HQ in the valley and pay SF salaries when they could just as well have paid a fraction of tha
by throwa356262 15d ago
Any idea how much this has cost them?
Some non-profits have their HQ in the valley and pay SF salaries when they could just as well have paid a fraction of that to a very competent developer elsewhere.
- minraws 15d agoEuropean safety nets, and government grants have helped open source projects a lot, and this is a big reason almost all of these projects end up being developed/maintained by folks from EU. Even if the sponsorships could hire 2-3x as much man power elsewhere in the world. Another big thing is govt aligned sponsorships are not for software but for generating jobs/work within their borders.
- throwa356262 15d agoYes, but SF salaries are still twice German salaries and probaby 4x Eastern Europe salaries.
- minraws 15d agoyeah but the us folks aren't working out of SF and generally these projects have mostly flat pay structures (unsure if that exactly fits but a few comments make it seem like it checks out)
- smj-edison 15d agoI think if someone is maintaining open source software, they're already not worrying about making that much money.
- nicoburns 15d agoThis is public https://github.com/servo/project/issues/181 https://github.com/servo/project/issues/181 and https://github.com/servo/project/issues/187 https://github.com/servo/project/issues/187. TL;DR: up to $4800/month (at a rate of $150/h depending on hours actually worked)
- zamadatix 15d agoThe hyperlink to the maintainer's name says they are out of rural Ontario. According to the total in https://opencollective.com/servo/expenses?limit=20&searchTerm=Joshua&direction=RECEIVE https://opencollective.com/servo/expenses?limit=20&searchTer... it comes out to $52,883.97 (USD) in these payments over the last 12 months.