* Andrew Cates andrew.cates@soschildren.org [Thu, 10 Nov 2011 14:06:31 +0000]:
Domas,
As far as I am aware Medecins Sans Frontieres pay full whack salaries: their doctors are not volunteers. Are you suggesting something?
I believe that even for non-paid people it's cool to have their credits in Special:Version at major sites, like Wikimedia ones. It should be a worth record in resume / curriculum vitae, providing to developer the chance for better paid job. However, the growth and popularity of Wikipedia have raised the bar for developing to qualify their code to be deployed at major sites, so it's not easy to get your code there.. So, many people may get disappointed. But the international competition is very strong these days, in every field, not just programming. For example, third world countries are improving their education and there are many talented people. So, the life is not easy, of course. Dmitriy