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0 pointsmorcus1mo ago0 comments

They are extremely low (at least by the standard of Software Engineers based in the US)

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Lichess is a non profit from France (like it’s author) and those salaries quite normal for France.

No it is not. Yes it could be for your average everyday developer but if someone can run site with millions of active users alone, there is no difference in salary based on where the developer stays. Does Mistral pays $100k salary to researchers?

victorbjorklund1mo ago

Pretty sure OpenAI pays higher than chess.com

YetAnotherNick1mo ago

OpenAI doesn't pay 1 developer higher salary than all the chess.com developers combined.

tumdum_1mo ago

It’s a *non* profit so I think it’s perfectly normal that he pays himself that. It’s a good salary which lets him live normal comfortable life.

Mistral is *for* profit.

YetAnotherNick1mo ago

Just because someone is running non profit they are expected to take 10% of their deserved salary?

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tumdum_1mo ago

Lichess is a non profit from France (like it’s author) and those salaries quite normal for France.

YetAnotherNick1mo ago

victorbjorklund1mo ago

Pretty sure OpenAI pays higher than chess.com

YetAnotherNick1mo ago

OpenAI doesn't pay 1 developer higher salary than all the chess.com developers combined.

tumdum_1mo ago

It’s a *non* profit so I think it’s perfectly normal that he pays himself that. It’s a good salary which lets him live normal comfortable life.

Mistral is *for* profit.

YetAnotherNick1mo ago

Just because someone is running non profit they are expected to take 10% of their deserved salary?

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