Zig Software Foundation 2024 Financial Report and Fundraiser
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#2I'll be increasing my Zig donations as a result of making the financials very transparent and easily accessible.
The Zig Software Foundation is very organized and has their stuff together. Hopefully other languages follow the ZSF's lead.
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#3I never understand why fundamental work which is super hard to do got paid so little, the whole budget of Zig might be less than an average senior software developer's salary at a FAANG company, this does not make sense to me at all.
On the other hand, what's the timeline for 1.0? I might stick with C and C++, but always glad to see Zig to succeed.
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#4I never understand why fundamental work which is super hard to do got paid so little, the whole budget of Zig might be less than an average senior software developer's salary at a FAANG company, this does not make sense to me at all. On the other hand, what's the timeline for 1.0? I might stick with C and C++, but always glad to see Zig to succeed.
What doesn't make sense about it, it doesn't directly drive an increase on a budgetary line item. Of course no one in finance areas is going to pay attention to it
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#5I never understand why fundamental work which is super hard to do got paid so little, the whole budget of Zig might be less than an average senior software developer's salary at a FAANG company, this does not make sense to me at all. On the other hand, what's the timeline for 1.0? I might stick with C and C++, but always glad to see Zig to succeed.
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#6I never understand why fundamental work which is super hard to do got paid so little, the whole budget of Zig might be less than an average senior software developer's salary at a FAANG company, this does not make sense to me at all. On the other hand, what's the timeline for 1.0? I might stick with C and C++, but always glad to see Zig to succeed.
In a capitalist economy, high pay doesn't equal challenging / hard work or even valuable work. If you exist where the money is being funneled, you will get paid a lot even if you barely contribute.
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#7I never understand why fundamental work which is super hard to do got paid so little, the whole budget of Zig might be less than an average senior software developer's salary at a FAANG company, this does not make sense to me at all. On the other hand, what's the timeline for 1.0? I might stick with C and C++, but always glad to see Zig to succeed.
In a capitalist economy, high pay doesn't equal challenging / hard work or even valuable work. If you exist where the money is being funneled, you will get paid a lot even if you barely contribute.
Capitalist or not this is still true.
Capitalism is a relatively recent invention with a narrower definition that what most people think.
In any case, wealth and power distribution is highly related to network effects. Regardless of skills, being a servant of kings will give you more wealth and power than being a free individual in the desert.
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#8I never understand why fundamental work which is super hard to do got paid so little, the whole budget of Zig might be less than an average senior software developer's salary at a FAANG company, this does not make sense to me at all. On the other hand, what's the timeline for 1.0? I might stick with C and C++, but always glad to see Zig to succeed.
If you've seen salaries in Europe and in the UK, it's more of a joke.
Even interns and junior engineers in the US earn more than in Europe.
I don't think this will change any time soon.
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#9I never understand why fundamental work which is super hard to do got paid so little, the whole budget of Zig might be less than an average senior software developer's salary at a FAANG company, this does not make sense to me at all. On the other hand, what's the timeline for 1.0? I might stick with C and C++, but always glad to see Zig to succeed.
If you've seen salaries in Europe and in the UK, it's more of a joke. Even interns and junior engineers in the US earn more than in Europe. I don't think this will change any time soon.
Apples and oranges. Total cost of living is very different between EU and the US.
This is such a common and controversial topic of discussion I wonder why you're trying to derail a Zig thread with such offtopic bait.
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#10We are all better off for Zig existing, even if we don’t directly use it. That is why I donate. The information density being in the Goldilocks Zone is a masterful quality of the Zig society.
I am going to both increase my donation and figure out how to hookup my corporate matching, didn’t know that was possible.
Base for everyone!