Does the Marketing contributor pay mean only contributor work to work on Marketing objectives or is this specifically for contributors to attend conferences, events, etc.?
It’s the former.
For the Development budget - does this include any roles that are not engineering? For example, the project and community management role or operations role?
Yes, this is all the work that is categorized as development work, and isn’t necessarily coding.
The past 3 months have averaged about $120k for contributor costs (roughly $1.5M USDC for the year). If we assume 1 new engineer is added at the higher end of compensation, that might be $1.7M USDC for the year. What is the plan for the remainder of the Development budget under “R&D” and feel free to provide a better breakdown than my assumptions?
There have been people on leave or taking time off as usual. The budget is calculated based on everyone working at full capacity, so it’s a little higher.