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by api 1173 days ago
Sounds like they really planted a deeply rooted money tree there.

There’s a formula for this it seems: get deep lock in in an area that is very boring and very essential.

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Absolutely. Back when I worked for a bank as a junior analyst, we were one of the first to jump on the Salesforce train. The software was garbage but Salesforce bought the handful of us many four figure dinners. I don’t really give a fuck how annoying the software is when I’m eating a $90 steak with a glass of $200 wine.