It takes $420k per year to run Lichess

Re:It takes $420k per year to run Lichess by isbvhodnvemrwvn on Sunday January 16, 2022 @03:13PM (#29959495)

Not really, you're competing against a ton of people from different countries if you want to work in Zurich. Switzerland has a ton of foreign people working there.

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Re:It takes $420k per year to run Lichess by snovv_crash on Monday January 17, 2022 @06:01AM (#29965352)

This doesn't mean dev salaries are lower. Swiss immigration rules are actually quite strict, and between Facebook/Google/Apple/MicrosoftReseach there is a heavy upwards pull on salaries.

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Re:It takes $420k per year to run Lichess by isbvhodnvemrwvn on Monday January 17, 2022 @01:17PM (#29969664)

I didn't mean that salaries are lower, I meant you need to put it a lot more effort to get them.

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