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Re:What It Costs to Run Let's Encrypt by tonyhb on Tuesday September 20, 2016 @01:59PM (#12541664)
With things such as tax and healthcare it typically costs a business 1/4 to 1/3 more per employee than their wage, so each person here is perhaps on $180-200k assuming a completely even split. Considering this is deep crypto in San Francisco it's not too surprising.
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Re:What It Costs to Run Let's Encrypt by lucb1e on Tuesday September 20, 2016 @05:57PM (#12543754)
> deep crypto

I'm sorry but this isn't "deep crypto". Very technical jobs that need a very good job done, since a lot of people depend on it? Sure. But they're not inventing anything new here. With all due respect, signing certificates is something you can grab from the openssl library, rewrite in a memory-safe language, have the community look at, and you're good to go.

I'm not saying I think 200k is too much. There are many reasons why it adds up to that much. I just think the technical requirements are not the reason for those wages.

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