On Sat, Jul 27, 2013 at 1:57 AM, Erik Moeller <erik(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 2:39 PM, rupert THURNER
<rupert.thurner(a)gmail.com> wrote:
If WMF is serious about letting development
activities grow in other
countries this might be taken into account in FDCs allocation policy.
For my part, I'm happy to offer feedback to the FDC on plans related
to the development of engineering capacity in FDC-funded
organizations. I'm sure Wikimedia Germany, too, would be happy to
share its experiences growing the Wikidata development team. I'd love
to find ways to bootstrap more engineering capacity across the
movement, as so many of our shared challenges have a software
engineering component. If any folks on-list want to touch base on
these questions at Wikimania, drop me a note. :)
Chapters undertaking technology work is definitely a good thing!
I can say personally, unofficially (as member of the wikidata team) that I
am definitely happier working in Berlin (with lower salary, that goes
pretty far), versus SF. I am not convinced I could afford same lifestyle in
SF on salary offered by WMF.
Could one afford to live on their own in a 1b apartment in SOMA on WMF
salary, which has median cost of $3,475 [1] a month? Or would I need have
flatmate or need to commute from farther away?
The rule of thumb is that one should not spend more than 30% of their
income (after tax!), and ideally smaller percentage than that. That
requires $11,500 (after tax) salary, per month.
I can very easily live on my own in the best parts of Berlin, near the WMDE
office, or whatever I want. Just sayin' .... :)
I understand that lots of people like to live in SF anyway, even with
whatever sacrifices they must make to afford it. And good that WMF offers
the remote work option.
[1]
http://priceonomics.com/the-san-francisco-rent-explosion/
Cheers,
Katie
Erik
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VP of Engineering and Product Development, Wikimedia Foundation
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