On Sat, Jul 27, 2013 at 1:57 AM, Erik Moeller <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 2:39 PM, rupert THURNER > <[email protected]> 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 > > -- > Erik Möller > VP of Engineering and Product Development, Wikimedia Foundation > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > -- @wikimediadc / @wikidata _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
