alt Hacker NewsYou know these people are volunteers, right?
Even the ones getting paid, are making a tiny fraction of what they could in the private sector doing something more greedy with their time.
Life is not all startup exits and stock options. Some folks are actually trying to do good in the world.
Sure, they should have kept the 100k, but giving it away was well aligned with their mission.
There is a world beyond startup exits and stock options and it is a sustainable non profit public good entity. It blows my mind that HN doesn’t have this nuance but I guess the fog of war sets in outside of the Bay Area in California and nobody can see shit outside of the lingering mist of Silicon Valley.
Is it not better to be supported in your effort to do good by being able to volunteer for a stable non-profit over many years? That organisation would have a long term presence and huge influence. It could even lobby the local council or government.
In case you’re confused - the church does that and it is 100% dependent on volunteers who believe.