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Resources are allocated to their constraints. You spend as much money as you have, as much time as you have, you hire as many people as you can afford, and so o
by cercatrova 7y ago
Resources are allocated to their constraints. You spend as much money as you have, as much time as you have, you hire as many people as you can afford, and so on.
It may be because people don't think on an absolute time scale but rather a relative one; if you make 1 million in revenue and you only have 3 employees, you might feel like you should hire more. What happens if you start making one billion in revenue?
Read Bullshit Jobs by David Graeber if you haven't already.
- natrik 7y agoAlso companies aim to maximize the margins. If profit is currently $800,000/year and adding 1 software developer at $120,000/year salary (+benefits, hidden costs...) can lead to $800,001 profit, the company would do it.
- oblio 7y agoAnd that's actually rational behavior. It's also a very simple and very materialistic explanation of why humankind evolves, bit by bit. It works the same way even for discovering new medicine or any kind of technology. The new thing must be at least a bit better than the old thing. Over time those improvements compound and you end up with this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPF4fBGNK0U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPF4fBGNK0U
- rixed 7y agoAlso known as "Parkinson's law". Also the name of the little funny book where you will find the origin of "bikeshedding". More pleasant and timelesd a book than "bullshit job", IMHO.
- euoia 7y agoWhat's the full title of the book? I searched on Amazon and there are a few titles containing "Parkinson's Law". Thanks.