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.
European 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.
yeah 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)
throwa356262 · · focus · HN ↗
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 · · focus · HN ↗
Another big thing is govt aligned sponsorships are not for software but for generating jobs/work within their borders.
throwa356262 · · focus · HN ↗
minraws · · focus · HN ↗