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Re:Wikipedia is swimming in money–why is it begging people t... by kaba0 on Monday May 31, 2021 @07:58AM (#27343134)
You are not donating to a person. Also, how much does a company CEO make in Sweden typically? Also, how is it relevant? Should every company move to Thailand because it is cheaper there?
Re:Wikipedia is swimming in money–why is it begging people t... by sorenjan on Monday May 31, 2021 @08:09AM (#27343204)
That comparison was aimed at the average salary of ~120k for all employees. And maybe there's a middle ground between moving everyone to Thailand and having a non profit operating on donated money based in the most expensive area in the world?
Re:Wikipedia is swimming in money–why is it begging people t... by kaba0 on Monday May 31, 2021 @08:50AM (#27343532)
If an existing talent-pool is located there, why exactly should they move? Is a small inefficiency a failing of a non-profit? No company is a perfectly efficient profit-making machine (even though for-profits like to drop morals for profit), why are we feeling tricked by a non-profit wasting some negligible percentage of donations, especially that 100% efficiency is frankly impossible?
Re:Wikipedia is swimming in money–why is it begging people t... by jiofih on Monday May 31, 2021 @09:23AM (#27343818)
What talent pool? Wikipedia is not running any cutting edge tech that requires CS or research talent.

We are feeling tricked because it’s about 5% efficient right now.

Re:Wikipedia is swimming in money–why is it begging people t... by CRConrad on Monday May 31, 2021 @06:37PM (#27348843)
"A small inefficiency"?!?

They're paying two to three times as much as they would have to pay anywhere else. That's not a "small" inefficiency, it's a pretty huge one.

Re:Wikipedia is swimming in money–why is it begging people t... by zhdc1 on Monday May 31, 2021 @08:18AM (#27343286)
I don't know if it's accurate, but several sites have it at 1,908K krona, which is about 230K USD. Add in the sector - I would imagine that tech CEOs earn more, even in Sweden - and cost of living, and 300K USD doesn't really seem that over the top.