> Because if a developer makes something just 1% better that translates into millions of dollars of savings or increased revenue because on the margins just 0.0

> Because if a developer makes something just 1% better that translates into millions of dollars of savings or increased revenue because on the margins just 0.001% increase of new subscribers is thousands of customers. Generally, the idea of an Nx programmer is comparing programmers on their output, not their outcomes. Otherwise you go from trying to compare levels of skill to levels of luck.