| From: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Thomas Lockhart <lockhart(at)alumni(dot)caltech(dot)edu> |
| Cc: | Robert Davis <rdavis(at)lillysoftware(dot)com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: [HACKERS] off topic |
| Date: | 2000-01-20 17:21:07 |
| Message-ID: | 200001201721.MAA06736@candle.pha.pa.us |
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> > How do the programmers here get paid?
> > 1. You do this in your spare time and dont get paid.
>
> Bingo!
I will give him a double-bingo!
>
> > 2. Your day job encourages you to spend some of your time
> > developing the db that your company uses.
>
> I know a few developers are in this category.
>
> > 4. You are all independently wealthy and do this for the fun of it.
>
> I could see this as something to do in retirement; a bunch of cranky
> 70 year olds debating the next development for Postgres isn't a pretty
> thought however...
We are cranky enough. "You want to add feature X. We don't think that
is a good idea." :-)
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