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Yep, in any business scenario where people are being paid any kind of reasonable salary, the cost of labor far outstrips the cost of hardware and makes replacin
by seanp2k2 10y ago
Yep, in any business scenario where people are being paid any kind of reasonable salary, the cost of labor far outstrips the cost of hardware and makes replacing this project with a $2k server from Dell or some AWS instances / droplets a "no-brainer". Consider support and maintainability as well.
- slim 10y agoUnless you live in developing world. In which case labor is typically cheaper than hardware
- hinkley 10y agoIt's heartwarming to think that my boss is treating me like third world labor. ;)
- hinkley 10y agoAre you aware of any documentation or literature on general ratio of labor to hardware budget for projects? I'd love to have something to throw at people when they start this sort of thing. The silliest part is that when you ask they always talk about how they budgeted for the developers but there's no extra money in the budget for hardware. As if you're getting the same work out of people you shafted for equipment. Yes, your budget looks great, but your profit margin goes to hell because it takes longer to bill your customers.