[Avalaxy]

Did you choose to not read his full reply? I'll repeat it again for you:

> Except that in most of the world outside SV

[eloisant]

Even in a European with lower wages compared to US, total cost of a developer will be minimum 5000 euros/per month. And that's just salary with all taxes, not accounting laptop costs, office space, etc.

You just need a 4% increase of productivity to make those $200 worth it.

[bananapub]

> Even in a European with lower wages compared to US, total cost of a developer will be minimum 5000 euros/per month. And that's just salary with all taxes, not accounting laptop costs, office space, etc.

lolololol

> You just need a 4% increase of productivity to make those $200 worth it.

who “needs” that and who pays for it?

the employer for both?

high school economics class is not how the world works, regrettably.

[eloisant]

I guess the world doesn't work like that because employers don't even understand high school economics.

They'd rather have an employee spend 2 weeks on a task than shell out a few bucks at it, because they don't realize the 2 weeks of salary is more expensive than the external expense.

[redserk]

You’re making the erroneous assumption that the productivity gains would meaningfully generate revenue for the business to offset additional costs.

Plus development work is quite bursty — a productivity gain for developers does not necessarily translate into more prospects in a sales pipeline.