The in-house dev team is the secret here. You can pay each person $60k/year and they have management who will say "No, that's not possible with our resources".

The in-house dev team is the secret here. You can pay each person $60k/year and they have management who will say "No, that's not possible with our resources". Compared to the Four Seasons outsource model where anyone can say "I want that feature" and will be told "Sure, it'll cost an extra $1m of someone else's money".