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Hiring/staffing/ramp-up expenses for a team are the majority in comparison to most other expenses the typical SMB will incur. Choosing a widely used technolog
by officialchicken 7y ago
Hiring/staffing/ramp-up expenses for a team are the majority in comparison to most other expenses the typical SMB will incur. Choosing a widely used technology (or a specific one that is very common in a particular industry) will normally provide greater long-term benefits and potentially reduce risk. "Nobody ever got fired for buying IBM" was a truism 50+ years ago - and still is today in many industries.
Edit: grammar, speeeling
- carapace 7y agoI'm not sure I understand exactly what you're saying, but it sounds like a kind of argument I used to encounter back in the day when trying to get people to pick Python over Java, to wit: there are so many more Java programmers than Python programmers, it might be hard to find people. My response was, why would you hire a Java programmer who is unwilling or unable to learn Python? In this case, I would hire a normal person who was good at Sudoku and teach them Elm before I would hire, say, a React specialist who refused to pick up Elm.