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That these companies don't treat engineers as a cost structure the way you were talking about. This creates a drastically different culture since tech has a sea
by tomnipotent 7y ago
That these companies don't treat engineers as a cost structure the way you were talking about. This creates a drastically different culture since tech has a seat at the table, and the CFO can't just willy-nilly makes demands that impact the entire engineering organization without consent. It makes a big difference.
- notyourday 7y ago> That these companies don't treat engineers as a cost structure the way you were talking about. That's absurd. The reason those companies are making money is because they are costing every single thing. That's the reason why tech gets a seat at the table -- it is a cost and its top of the line managers understand that this is a liability and drive that understanding through the entire tech organization.
- tomnipotent 7y ago> The reason those companies are making money is because they are costing every single thing Terribly untrue. This is fundamentally what makes them "technology" companies, because of how engineering expenses are treated on the P&L and the say it has at the C-level. There's a fundamental different between how things roll-up n your 3 sheets, vs. how your company internalizes those numbers and acts upon them. You've made a lot of broad generalizations without backing anything up with specific examples. It's difficult to have a conversation with theoreticals and ideas.