>$16,000/mo, enough to cover his salary along with his new hire
That's $192k, pre-tax, between two people and likely infrastructure and tooling costs. Most developers of You's skill earn nearly double that at FAANG companies.
Yes. He would more than double that by joining at the E5/L5 level at Facebook/Google, which he's almost certainly qualified to do. But given the success of Vue.js and his status in the JS community, he'd probably be a marquee hire at the E6/L6 level.
However he would be sacrificing a lot of autonomy to do so, because Vue.js would effectively be developed under the same corporate stewardship model as React and Angular. He doesn't make as much money as he could given his accomplishments, but he maintains broad control and ownership over his work.
Likewise his Patreon sponsorships can increase over time as Vue.js increases in adoption. And if he wants more income, he can take on lucrative consulting contracts for Vue.js deployments with large tech companies. A few of those per year would likely meet or exceed everything he's bringing in through Patreon.
So that’s his Patreon earnings. Looks like he’s also making money from OpenCollective, and if I’m adding it all up correctly it’s about what an E6/L6 at Facebook/Google would make?
That's $192k, pre-tax, between two people and likely infrastructure and tooling costs. Most developers of You's skill earn nearly double that at FAANG companies.