He gave them so much free labor

iceman28 10 hours ago | parent | next [-]

It was a different time when software was seen as something that was built together and everyone was interested in learning the best from one another.

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surgical_fire 8 hours ago | parent [-]

No, it was really not. His tale is from mid-2000s, not from mid-1980s.

In mid 2000s these companies were already operating in the billions and their engineers were already well compensated, and it was known.

Hell, "Cracking the Coding Interview" came out in 2008. Getting a job at those companies at the time was already something coveted because of how well they paid.

	▲	aleph_minus_one 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		> In mid 2000s these companies were already operating in the billions and their engineers were already well compensated, and it was known. Perhaps in the USA, but in many other countries this does for sure not hold.

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RyJones 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

He wants to evangelize, spread, and support FreeBSD adoption; this free labor helps in this.

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johng 11 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

This... they really owe him something, IMHO. Hell, discounted service so he can make a better margin on Tarsnap sounds good to me!