@jenny753 @welshpixie I see this pattern so often in FOSS and it's immensely frustrating.

Some project lead decides to cosplay a startup, ignores the many many attempts of people contributing low-cost work, and then creates a formal position With Money(tm) which then isn't a large enough amount to actually pay a competent professional, all the while the long-term contributors are left out in the cold unable to pay their bills.

The contributors burn out, some grifter usually gets the paid position (sometimes if you're lucky it's an actual competent professional taking a chance, who then gets bullied out for trying to do their job), tens of thousands of dollars have been burned and the problem still hasn't been solved.