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Maybe you aren't a great engineer?
That's pretty insulting to suggest in any case and borders on a reprehensible attitude to take personally against someone.
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Since they're a project of the Linux Foundation, they most definitely don't have any sort of stock plan – since you can't have equity in nonprofits.
I don't want to put words in the parent commenter's mouth, but I think the implication was that they would need to make up for NOT having a stock plan.
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That's pretty insulting to suggest in any case and borders on a reprehensible attitude to take personally against someone.
The idea that not being "great" is insulting is more toxic than assuming someone isn't great. Lots of hero worship in this industry that fucks with people's egos - your statement being a prime example.
Fascinating. Everyone here is complaining that 2M for 8 employees seems steep, but I think this seems really cheap. Admittedly, I work at Google, but we bat around the number of 400-500k per employee when discussing them here. 250k/ in SV seems really reasonably priced in comparison.
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The idea that not being "great" is insulting is more toxic than assuming someone isn't great. Lots of hero worship in this industry that fucks with people's egos - your statement being a prime example.
He directly insulted me, clarify how in your thinking, this has anything to do with hero worship? Stating your views without falling back on the needless application of profanity is something I'd appreciate.
The services of Let's Encrypt, let alone the cause they stand for, is well worth a small recurring donation. I think this is totally reasonable to pledge even $2/mo.
If companies that uses Let's Encrypt would chip in just 1/10th of what they'd pay for certificate from for profit providers, then Let's Encrypt won't be in need of donation anytime soon.
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As covered elsewhere, most of the team is remote. But they still get SV salaries because great people get those salaries no matter where they are.
It doesn't work that way for all the remote jobs and contracts I've worked.
Can the business model be charging for the certificate directly, just cheaper than others? I'm fine with that.
I'm not. I test a lot of ideas but don't have much money. I have already to pay for hosting and DNS. SSL is optional. I'm very thankful to let's encrypt for the opportunity to use SSL on my sites. Also SSL (and the web) is a broken technology, I'm not going to pay for something broken.
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If they provided an identical quality of service with 25 employees for $2m nobody would bat an eye. I'd say the fact that the team is so lean is justification for higher salaries in and of itself.
Could they provide a better service with 25 instead of 10 for $2m though?