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The value of programmers tends not be linear with cost though. Paying an extra 25-50% for decent ones gets you at least a 2x improvement, possibly more if they
by anthonyb 15y ago
The value of programmers tends not be linear with cost though. Paying an extra 25-50% for decent ones gets you at least a 2x improvement, possibly more if they can rewrite large chunks of your corporate code to improve it.
- maaku 15y agoThat's precisely my point. The question in the businessman's head is "are you one of the decent ones? are we getting our money's worth?"
- anthonyb 15y agoYes, and it should be, but the answer, unfortunately, is that they typically have no idea who is a good programmer and who isn't, so they only end up hiring cheap programmers. In other words - yes, they are clueless.