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[Dvergar]

Holy crap!  I just read that Tarn Adams has a pHD in some math major, and that Zach Adams has a degree in Ancient History.  For anybody with as much talent as these guys seem to have to work individually is huge enough.  But if these guys have got that much education they could be making like *pause* a kazillion dollars a year.  Their dedication to this game is mindnumbing.....

I appologize for being late to the party/ reading BS

[Zironic]

You are later than a pregnant woman. Yeah, Toady once was a professor sort of thing. He gave it up for his dreams and because Armok demands blood.

[Jackrabbit]

By Armok he means fans and by blood he means unreasonable deadlines.

[Leafsnail]

Slave to Fans: God of Unreasonable Deadlines
Chapter II: Dwarf Fortress

Hmm, what to sub in for "Dwarf"...

[TheNewerMartianEmperor]

Bay12 Forum?

[ToonyMan]

Slave to Fans: God of Unreasonable Deadlines
Chapter II: Dwarf Fortress

Hmm, what to sub in for "Dwarf"...

Work Fortress.

[Akigagak]

Chapter 0.28.181.50: The Big Update

[Zai]

Chapter 0.28.181.50: The Big Update

We should be past 0.28 though. Otherwise nice.

[Dvergar]

You are later than a pregnant woman.

Pregnant women eh?  Anyways, what do you mean by was a proffesor sort of thing?  I find it inconcievable that he works on DF instead of taking up his $73,853/year job.

[LegoLord]

What do you think the donations are for?

[Karlito]

You are later than a pregnant woman.

Pregnant women eh?  Anyways, what do you mean by was a proffesor sort of thing?  I find it inconcievable that he works on DF instead of taking up his $73,853/year job.

That's pretty much exactly what happened.

[Leafsnail]

Well, this is the last Bay 12 Games report that came out before he joined the active LCS quit his job.

http://www.bay12games.com/forum/index.php?topic=14724.0

[Jude]

He wasn't necessarily a tenured professor or whatever; depending on how long he'd been teaching he may well have  been at the lowest level of professordom. You have to work your way up over ridiculously long periods since there's always less positions than there are people wanting them.

[Jay]

Given the numbers...

November Donations:  $5122.29
October Donations:   $1759.27
September Donations: $2138.21
August Donations:    $2510.86
July Donations:      $2202.37

He's certainly getting plenty of income from his pet project/hobby/whatever-other-term-for-this-sort-of-thing.
Even if you take the low average of $2000, that's still enough to live on...

[Zironic]

You are later than a pregnant woman.

Pregnant women eh?  Anyways, what do you mean by was a proffesor sort of thing?  I find it inconcievable that he works on DF instead of taking up his $73,853/year job.

He actually found his living expensives so low, he saved money. He occasionally mentions when donations are low that he could go for a while if they stopped. But Yes, That is exactly what happened.