[brachi]

A very well written and inspiring post. I haven't used Godot much, but I feel 2020 and the next decade is going to continue growing much more :)

> This was an extremely hard decision to make [work full time in Godot], because at the time, my experience (...) was paid a lot more, and I was receiving extremely good job offers(...). [T]he same happened to Rémi (an Energy Engineer), who also changed his life plans and profession to work full time for the project.

It really speaks of the love for the project. I hope the motivation and joy for writing the engine is balanced with the right compensation.

[ramijames]

This is really something that I can speak to with personal experience. When you believe in open-source software and decide to quit your job because you want to try and build a business around it, it is incredibly scary and fulfilling. You sacrifice a lot so that others can benefit. It's a bit of a life of illusion, but you make do. Good on these guys for providing to the community something that is genuinely awesome.

[kroltan]

In financial terms, we are sure that each are paid at least 4.4k USD/mo, based on their Patreon goals. If that is the right compensation is subjective, I'm not familiar with the market rates for that level of experience.

[allannienhuis]

If they were receiving job offers with better compensation, that suggests that rate is below market, by definition :) .