Post #1317300

2026-04-11 04:13 UTC

Everyone wants a living wage. FOSS shouldn’t require people who work 9-5 to do 6-10 after their day job. Also, I think 150k is probably a fair and comfortable wage now after adjusting for inflation. I’ll bet our grandparents that raised 6 kids on a factory workers salary while mom stayed home made the equivalent of $150k back in the day when adjusting for inflation and COL. That said… this all feels very abrupt on their end and I can’t help but feel they messed up in financial planning for the project if they suddenly need to raise these funds this way and on short notice. Doesn’t feel like a lack of community support. It feels like poor management.

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@Bloefz@lemmy.world 2026-04-11 11:56

You don't have to do your development in silicon valley though. If they do it in Europe or even India it'll be a lot cheaper

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@Specter@piefed.social 2026-04-12 12:56

Wtf $150k a year for a developer is huge. Only in the US, maybe Switzerland, are those wages practiced. In Europe you’ll get about half of that and that’s still a good wage. I hate the amount of out of touch devs who think getting paid 6-figures is normal. Well, you see how well that works out, when the session system can’t even sustain itself due to the cost of labour lol.

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@verdi@tarte.nuage-libre.fr 2026-04-11 06:31

Point 1: Your grandpa did not make 150k back then, adjusted for inflation or ppp adjusted inflation. Point 2: 150k is a completely ridiculous amount, but for 2 people it represents 1/3 of the total pledge asked This is batshit insane. Tell them to move to Poland or Portugal where you can live comfortably with 1/10th of that money.

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