[albertgoeswoof]

Not really- it’s a decent amount but not crazy. You would have to be a contractor to take this up, and that’s quite a bit less than a contractor on say 500 EUR/day would make.

[mikekchar]

I'm a contractor and if someone offered me $8K per month for a 3 month contract building open source software of my choice, I would leap at it with both hands. Normally I do the same thing, but I don't actually get paid. ;-)

I suppose I should be spending more time looking out for this kind of thing. It's possible there is more money in open source development than I had previously considered.

[Jyaif]

That's also less than what a contractor on say 10000 EUR/day would make.

[eneveu]

Of course, but 500€/day is what you'd get in Paris as a Java developer with 3-4 years of experience. Which amounts to 10000€/month (counting 20 days).