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Did you choose to not read his full reply? I'll repeat it again for you: > Except that in most of the world outside SV

• eloisant 1y ago
  Even in a European with lower wages compared to US, total cost of a developer will be minimum 5000 euros/per month. And that's just salary with all taxes, not accounting laptop costs, office space, etc. You just need a 4% increase of productivity to make those $200 worth it.
  • bananapub 1y ago
    > Even in a European with lower wages compared to US, total cost of a developer will be minimum 5000 euros/per month. And that's just salary with all taxes, not accounting laptop costs, office space, etc. lolololol > You just need a 4% increase of productivity to make those $200 worth it. who “needs” that and who pays for it? the employer for both? high school economics class is not how the world works, regrettably.
    • eloisant 1y ago
      I guess the world doesn't work like that because employers don't even understand high school economics. They'd rather have an employee spend 2 weeks on a task than shell out a few bucks at it, because they don't realize the 2 weeks of salary is more expensive than the external expense.
      • redserk 1y ago
        You’re making the erroneous assumption that the productivity gains would meaningfully generate revenue for the business to offset additional costs. Plus development work is quite bursty — a productivity gain for developers does not necessarily translate into more prospects in a sales pipeline.