ksvanhorn comments on POSITION: Design and Write Rationality Curriculum - Less Wrong

54 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 19 January 2012 06:50AM

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Comment author: ksvanhorn 21 January 2012 05:17:22PM 2 points [-]

Even outside of the Bay Area an experienced software engineer can easily make 3 times that amount.

In the Bay Area... well, my very first job out of college -- in 1989, with a Master's in computer science -- paid $40K a year; adjusting for inflation, that is the equivalent of $76K a year now.

Comment author: satt 21 January 2012 05:57:35PM 2 points [-]

Even outside of the Bay Area an experienced software engineer can easily make 3 times that amount.

I expect so, but I doubt the Rationality Org is necessarily looking for experienced software engineers. Going by the skills EY listed, even a cartoonist with a knack for PowerPoint might be just who they're looking for, even if they have no degree & no job experience. Were it not for the Bay Area factor, $36k/year would likely be a great salary for them.