One thing completely left out of the discussion is the aspect of time. It takes lots of work and time to hire somebody and make them perform at their best at co

One thing completely left out of the discussion is the aspect of time. It takes lots of work and time to hire somebody and make them perform at their best at contributing to the business (especially in technical roles). I’ve seen this underestimated more times that I can count. Throwing new (either to the company or to the problem) people at a problem will almost never speed up a project. Hiring done right is an investment - not only of time, but also of short term productivity - that will start paying off after months at best. People react taken aback when they offer you 3 engineers to get that project done in 4 months instead of 5 and you tell them that this will not make this project run better but will help with the next.