[mbrumlow]

I am always having these arguments. We are paying this other company x a year for something we should build if we really need it.

The rebuttals I always get are “I want you working on something that I can’t pay another company for”. I think it sounds good, but in the long run we always end up a budget conversations and head count limits because we spend so much money on external services and software we should just build.

Every company ever has this problem.

But now with AI. The cost of showing the company “yes we can” is so cheap. I worry for companies who have promotable replacements.