Oddbean

Depending on the job. It usually takes at least $200k to get good experienced software engineers in the US (in latin america it's around $60k+). I'm talking from experience of hiring multiple engineers recently. Honestly the HRF numbers don't surprise/outrage me, but your mileage may vary.

It’s not a business man smh there are people running nonprofits taking minimal or no salary. Not saying they shouldn’t get paid but a lot of people would be upset if they knew how much of their money was paying these luxurious salaries.

HRF is based in NY and Alex, who you’re calling out here by name, is based in SF. $228k is NOT luxurious in SF. That’s condo money, not house money. I obviously don’t know his home life, but if he’s raising a family that’s barely enough unless he has another spouse/partner also working. People running nonprofits taking no salary are either: 1. Not doing it full-time or 2. Have family money and do not need to work. Locking people out of working in the nonprofit world because they don’t have a trust fund is regressive. There are plenty of small nonprofits that have great intentions but do not have much impact. HRF has $30,000,000 a year and, you must concede, has impact and donors who expect results. Nonprofits of this scale have full-time employees who need money to support their families. It’s not unheard of for a Chief Strategy Officer in the for profit world making half a million or more in total compensation in Silicon Valley. If you don’t agree with his compensation, talk to the donors. Or talk to him. They’re both engaging in voluntary acts.

I called out everyone but he’s the only one on nostr. They made much less in 2020 and 2021 but still managed to live in New York 🤡 You’re strawmanning me again. I never said anything about trust funds. I did try to talk to them. I tagged Alex and HRF but got no response.