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		johnvanommen 10 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Future of OSU Open Source Lab in Jeopardy > Am I reading correctly that of the $250K they need, $150K of that goes to a single staff member for 60% of their time? Does that seem...excessive? When I was doing AIX and Solaris system administration in Salem Oregon, they paid me $75 an hour. A lot of people here are comparing Corvallis to Seattle, but they’re hundreds of miles apart. Salem is the nearest big city. TBH, making $75 an hour in Salem was like making $150 an hour in Seattle. You can live REALLY WELL on $75 an hour in Corvallis.

svnt 10 months ago | [–]

Maybe ten years ago, but not since the pandemic.

Seattle is still more expensive, but $150k is just buy-a-house and have-a-kid money in Corvallis anymore.

erikerikson 10 months ago | [–]

And that $75 an hour (which annualizes to $156,000) doesn't include employer overhead (taxes, benefits, etc.) which can double their cost.

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