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The big difference is that the Mechanic has to manually do that for every single customer, where a software 10xer identifies a crazy hard bug once and fixes it
by gitfan86 4y ago
The big difference is that the Mechanic has to manually do that for every single customer, where a software 10xer identifies a crazy hard bug once and fixes it for all 10000 customers at once.
And that is where the finances come in. Why pay a 10x mechanic 300k/year if he is only going to generate 40k more in revenue than someone who would work for 90k/year. Where a 10x SRE/Cloud Operations person could actually save you 300k/year
- setgree 4y agoAnd a person who designs cars can eliminate the flaw that caused the problem.
- turtleyacht 4y agoMechanics would have to file tickets with the car design team :) In software, we don't yet have a profession of Maintenance Engineers who can put up a shingle and strace/kernel debug opaque software experiences as a regular "practice." --- Upon reflection, I realize free and open-source software fills this slot in a sense.
- zmxz 4y agoIf only the post you commented on mentioned a single word about compensation and comparison between IT or automotive industry.. It's the analogy. Also, your numbers sound entirely made up. I would not hire SRE to save me 300k a year, I'd hire them to make me 600k a year.
- john-radio 4y ago900K a year or I walk!