> Typically, in a mature company the salaries of the dev team are a rounding error on the total operation. Depends on the company. For a mature software develo

> Typically, in a mature company the salaries of the dev team are a rounding error on the total operation. Depends on the company. For a mature software development company the engineers' salaries are likely to be quite a large line item. This is especially the case since sales are generally paid on commission and carry quotas, so there's no reason to assume that in a company with a decent focus on R&D this statement will be true.