Intetesting question...
Ok, so, being a witness = monthly salary equivalent to salary of full time employee.
Several of them could be developers, several of them could do marketing 24/7 you name the others.
20 people working of Steem(it) are the equivalent of a nice startup - for free!
Why this option was not used, I have no clue
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Being a top 20 witness = 1850 steem per month, that's around 740 dollars a month. Find me a competent developer or marketing guy for that amount and I'd gladly hire him/her
edit : top witness = 8150 steem, so 3260$ before tax which is now a "not bad" number but still low depending on where you live and your situation. As a dev I can easily get paid much more.
So my initial point still stands
Yeah sucks to see people think they know fuck all about dev work when they clearly don't. We don't get paid less than Starbucks employees.
Its 8150 steem :)
Oh ! I was not aware haha I based my assumptions on this old post : https://steemit.com/witness-category/@witnesswatch/witnesswatch-weekly-report-8-how-much-do-witnesses-make
But forgot that it's a weekly report
Because we've settled for mediocrity.
For me it's almost impossible to imagine that 100.000.000 $ worth Steem is expected to be promoted by - volunteers.
During my decade long career, I have never seen a company doing that.
For every job position - you need qualifications, CV, education, interviews, you sign a contract...
To be some Steem guru-demi-god, you should be active and loud.
It's a brave concept
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