| Yet, code on. Why? Because we love it. Eh, I can find other fun things to do. The sales guy makes a sale and takes a commission because you can't reuse the guy's sales effort. It's not like sales guy produces something after the sale that generates other sales. Yes he collect valuable information, etc, but still every sale need effort by the sales guy. Write a piece of code and... it lives for ever.
So we should charge even MORE! Yes, IF we all agreed to, we could. But OPEC could charge $10000 per barrel of oil, yet someone always breaks the deal and starts selling oil cheaper and the price stabilizes a lot lower. So imagine all of us get together and form a world wide union and then some guy writes software for less then we agreed! That's why sales guys take a percentage and software guys don't. Well that's not entirely true, if you are partner in a software consulting company you share in the profits. And a sales guy could quit being a sales guy and work a steady and easier job with no bonus but a simple pay-check. He could spend more time with his family. I guess what I'm saying is, quit whining. |