Ever wanted to donate? Now you sort-of can by sponsoring me ;)

[Laeeth Isharc]

On Saturday, 29 August 2020 at 00:04:23 UTC, kinke wrote:
>. isn't really a sustainable hobby for a single person with
> a full-time job and only has been over the last years because I 
> don't have a family of my own (yet), haven't been in a 
> relationship and I fortunately don't seem to be very 
> susceptible to burn-out.

It's absolutely astonishing to me the difference between the 
value created by contributors to open source and the remuneration 
for their efforts - I don't just mean pay but the sheer 
ungrateful experience that it can sometimes seem to be.

So let me express my gratitude personally and on behalf of 
Symmetry to you, Kai, Iain as well as all the other compiler and 
library developers whose work we depend on.

I think it's the right thing to do to ask for sponsorship in the 
way you do.  It's a small point but I personally don't wish to 
support GitHub as an organisation because I have fundamental 
differences in values with them but it doesn't matter for this 
case anyway and pragmatically it's the best way to get started 
and getting started is what counts.

> So in light of this and as I'm currently looking for a new job,

Well, we are hiring.   Our assets have grown so I now need to 
hire 40 more developers and most of them can write D.  It's just 
a matter of trying to raise the average with each hire rather 
than do what will naturally otherwise occur.  We pay well in the 
beginning and very well over time.  We have been hybrid for a few 
years now, fully remote for now since Feb and we are 
transitioning to remote first.

So if you wanted to come to London, HK or possibly Singapore that 
could be arranged.  Or if you wanted to be remote then that's 
fine too.

Of course you may not find it your cup of tea and I would fully 
respect that in which case of course we would support you via 
sponsorship - would need to think how much.  But I'd love the 
chance to discuss opportunities at Symmetry first.  Maybe you 
could email John Colvin or even Andrei.

I agree that bounties haven't yet got such traction always.  
There are a few compiler, druntime and maybe Phobos enhancements 
that would be valuable to us commercially and it's open to anyone 
already contributing to get in touch about sponsored work.  Also 
for dub.

For others we can be very flexible for remote work and we are 
finally starting to get in shape on the organisational side.  So 
please contact John Colvin if you would like to be paid for 
programming in D part-time or full-time, shorter term or 
indefinite.