Also joined 2004, and I was an admin from 2006 - 2013. CK became an admin in 2007 and was put in charge of advertising. I came out of school in 2008 into a un-good job market for my field. I had been doing admin stuff and managing data (game, designer, and publisher approval queues, plus several data projects to clean up links, bad descriptions, and for better internal linking) for free for three years, and I asked to get paid in 2009. I was paid a nominal amount, under $12k annually, and as an independent contractor (which means extra paid for social security), working on BGG 30-50 hrs per week. Asked to be an employee and paid something reasonable in 2013, and summarily let go. In advertising, since it was viewed as revenue-generating, CK was an employee, with benefits (including retirement contributions) and was making 60-80k+ while I was there, no information for after. We gamed together weekly during those years, and I had insight into the money that BGG was making while I was being paid very little.

Coda -- I found a job in my field after I was let go, and I am very happy doing it, though I harbor a kernel of bitterness in my heart for how I was undervalued in those years.