| > In this case, this tool is $30/mo, or about $360 / year, what is that, 3 dinners for 2 people in a year? The tool may save the developer, let's say 3-4 hours / week and at 52 * 3 or about 156 hours of savings a year. I think you're being unnecessarily harsh. I can afford lots of things; I don't run out and buy them though. So this tool might save you maybe 4 hours a week (I cannot really see it saving 4 hours a week, but lets go with your numbers here). That is not "4 extra hours I get to spend sleeping". It is not "4 extra hours I get to spend with my kids". It is not "4 extra hours I use on my hobbies". It's "4 extra hours that my employee gets from me". > At even 30 an hour, it's saved the developer $4,680, or at 60/hour, close to $10,000, Nonsense. It's saved the company $10k. It's saved the developer exactly $0. > My only recommendation is try to sell this product to businesses I agree. Businesses get the savings from any tool they purchase for employee use, not employees, so they are more willing to shell out for productivity tools. > Developers, my only word of advice, is seriously.. stop being so cheap and spend some money to make your lives easier. Well, it seems to be working for them, isn't it? And you're being awfully judgemental about what other people find value in. This tool, which you say will save 4 hours a week, costs $30/m. ChatGPT 3.5 saves me much more than 4 hours a week, and costs $0/m. Copilot costs $10/m, and saves me more than 4 hours per week. Git (and things like gitea, etc) provide orders of magnitude more value than this, and you can find someone to provide a hosting plan for it for less than $10/m. It's all about value delivered, which you seem to be missing. It's a purely rational and economic decision. I can afford office 365, but I find myself getting by without that subscription. If I purchased every single devtool subscription, the monthly cost would exceed about half my salary, and all the benefits go to my employer. |