[sharps_xp]

i could see your argument from 10 to 100, but 1 to 3 is a practical productivity multiplier. There's also risk of the 1 engineer going to another company that thinks the same way but for $650,000 and now you're left with 0 engineers and no development.

[jsiaajdsdaa]

$650,000 is quite the sum, I'd like to know who is paying that :) At least if they leave, you have saved the future salary you would have paid to them, and if they were truly worth their salt, even 3 months of their work is better than 9 months of luke-warm developers (just think of all the CRUD repositories and FooBarFactories you'll have!)