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No you dont..Paying a dev is not losing money.. why hire the dev in the first place in that case?

• Juliate 5y ago
  Accounting-wise, it's very common that R&D and developers are counted as cost centers, not profit centers. This is not necessarily a problem, unless the management (and shareholders) only understands costs as an impediment to be pressured and reduced (which is sadly also quite common - and not necessarily false either).
  • chrisweekly 5y ago
    This varies so much across companies, let alone industries. It was gratifying a few years back to realize that annual revenue per engineer north of $4m put our team in rarified company. I wonder how common it is to examine that metric. While I'm happier (and earning much more) consulting for a deep-pocketed enterprise where enginering and R&D are treated as cost centers, I kind of doubt it's something my current clients have ever even considered.
    • judge2020 5y ago
      But adding or removing developers doesn't add or remove that revenue. If some exec wants to make a show by increasing (short-term) profit, cutting developers is a quick and dirty to do that.