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by nkassis 3907 days ago
It's hard for cleaners to make a company more competitive and profitable by cleaning harder but it's not hard to see how better software can do so.
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Elaborating: both better software and better support can be competitive advantages.

Better cleaning, not so much - it's just a cost/requirement of doing business .

Some companies don't consider their software or developers to be sources of competitive advantage, and you should try to avoid those if your goal is to work on cool stuff and have better chances of making more money. Some people do like the challenge of maximizing operational efficiency and might get a good job that way, but it's harder and fraught with politics.