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You'd think "very smart" programmers would be equipped to do basic cost/benefit analysis. If it costs $900 and provides $1000 in value, that's $100 more than no
by tedunangst 4y ago
You'd think "very smart" programmers would be equipped to do basic cost/benefit analysis. If it costs $900 and provides $1000 in value, that's $100 more than not buying it.
- conradfr 4y agoIt depends if as a employee, your working time stays the same.
- zarzavat 4y agoIf you’re an employee your company should pay for it. If not, find a better employer!
- account42 4y agoYou'd think "very smart" programmers would be equipped to consider additional factors such as the cost of getting reliant on a tool controlled by a single vendor as well as the effects on other things that they care about. You'd think they also understand that people are not machines and reducing a task by a certain time does not neccessarily mean that they can get that much more work more done overall.
- tedunangst 4y agoIf the amortized benefit is less than one minute per month, then it's probably best to simply pass instead of hoping for a price adjustment.