That's all true; I also think it's a wise choice to invest in your team for long term. My point was to simply define a quantitative-value that folk who are not

That's all true; I also think it's a wise choice to invest in your team for long term. My point was to simply define a quantitative-value that folk who are not familiar with these costs could see as a minimum. Because "not hard" and $10k mean very different things. Hoping to help those HN readers who aren't familiar and/or are planning on starting a company.