Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 30th Mar 2006 22:19 UTC, submitted by Joel Dahl
FreeBSD's Security officer Colin Percival seeks sponsorship. This has happened before with other FreeBSD contributors. "I'm hoping to raise $15000 Canadian (about US$13000) to pay me to work full-time on FreeBSD for 16 weeks over the summer. This will allow me to devote more time to my role as FreeBSD Security Officer, perform a complete overhaul of FreeBSD Update, and make some significant improvements to Portsnap."
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RE: Isn't it a too high wage?
by aesiamun on Fri 31st Mar 2006 12:39
in reply to "Isn't it a too high wage?"
Member since:2005-06-29
that's less than $40K before taxes. I don't know anything about Colin, but if he has family, he has to support them as well.
He works at a college, which probably also pays him something similar. So he's looking to replace his income for 16 weeks.
What are canadian taxes? In the US it's roughly 30%. In the US $39,000 is roughly $27,000 take home.
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2005-07-06
It seems this guy will be paid the equivalent of 3250$/month.
It seems really a LOT to me.