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R&D is always a cost center ironically. It is such a stupid classification that has established itself. More strictly only the sales team would be a profit cent
by raxxorrax 5y ago
R&D is always a cost center ironically. It is such a stupid classification that has established itself. More strictly only the sales team would be a profit center. But even customer service has to make a profit today with selling maintenance and upgrades. Of course they will be more reluctant to replace anything.
As if this segmentation would improve cooperation between departments if every department is their own little mini company.
- ncmncm 5y agoSoftware development is a cost center everywhere except at actual software companies, where it is instead "production" with "deliverables", considered like the kitchen in a restaurant. So now companies that do other things are calling themselves software companies so that their software development will not have to be a cost center. Or "technology companies", as Bloomberg, e.g., which delivers financial news, calls itself now. It is deeply stupid, but entrenched. I don't know how software stands at SpaceX, which is a "technology company" that, nominally, makes rockets. Is the software that runs in processors physically on board a rocket production, thus a profit center, while the stuff that runs on the ground is facilities, thus a cost center?