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by adam_arthur 926 days ago
Because margin on core software products tends to be far higher than other industries.

For example, retailers tend to have single digit margins. Software products often have 50%+ and sometimes 70%+.

Thus lots of excess money to hire people that aren't necessarily operationally critical.

A retailer with a large excess of store associates would fail quickly, whereas a software company can often survive in perpetuity