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		tekknik on Oct 3, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Microsoft Corporation sponsors IPython $100k goes a long way when most developers are expecting to do the work for free.

takluyver on Oct 4, 2013 [–]

And salaries in academia aren't all that high. I'm one of the lucky people being paid to work on IPython (from another grant), and while I'm not a senior developer, $100k would cover my salary for well over a year.

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