This becomes a problem when you have more developers than needed and who are being paid nicely. Bitshares has neither, so it seems pointless except as a hype. Yay a good c++ developer can make $1k a month (capped/max).. I think it is good in that it opens the doors to people who may be on the fence about being involved. It is a nice invitation but it isn't going to pull people from outside their existing community. I am not aware of an individual developer elected as a delegate who is poor value.