“Right now, we have about 800 monthly donors and about $7,500 in monthly donations.”
Exercism just passed two million users and signs up over 1,200 more every day. About 800 of them donate, roughly $7,500 a month, which covers the servers. After the last payroll for three people, the bank account cannot cover another, so Erik Schierboom is leaving as an employee. Two million people learned to code for free, and a few hundred paid for it.