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Most fortune 500's. It takes a lot of time and effort to build a good development team. So once you have swapped internal for external it's very difficult to br
by sheepmullet 11y ago
Most fortune 500's. It takes a lot of time and effort to build a good development team. So once you have swapped internal for external it's very difficult to bring it back in house.
Going from a good team of 10 developers to a good team of 100 developers can easily take 5 years if you want to maintain quality. And you probably won't see major dividends for another 5 years on top of that. How many senior managers are invested enough in a company to take a 10-15 year view on it?
On the other hand if I need a $50 million project finished within the next year I can get 150 average quality developers next week from Infosys.
- sheepmullet 11y agoNow as a startup if you are trying to compete with the big players who have 100x as much capital you need the top 20% developers. And you won't get them going through the consulting giants. And having someone to blame is very important for a senior manager.... But useless for a startup founder or small business owner.