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No, jobs created will be with the entrenched companies, who will grow their monopoly over the software labor market and make the software ecosystem _worse_. Tac
by cobertos 3y ago
No, jobs created will be with the entrenched companies, who will grow their monopoly over the software labor market and make the software ecosystem _worse_. Tackling legislation and compliance requires scale or money (to outsource the compliance work).
This WILL add barriers to entry for new companies.
- lijok 3y agoDo you think that perhaps an increased need for compliance officers would create more compliance jobs, thereby creating jobs and reducing the scale and money required to tackle legislation and compliance?
- cobertos 3y agoExisting business will have to pay for those compliance officers, salaried or through outsourced work. It WILL require more scale. There is no reduction here. In absolute terms, less time will be spent writing software and more time will be spent on compliance (which maybe a good thing for traditional, corporate software!). But, it's not something your average open source developer is falling all over themselves to have anything to do with.
- PixyMisa 3y agoWell, it never has in the entire history of humanity, but sure, whatever.
- lijok 3y agoSo compliance officers don't exist, or am I misunderstanding what you're trying to say?
- AnthonyMouse 3y agoTwo-person startups don't have a full-time compliance officer, so who do these economies of scale benefit?
- lijok 3y agoThat's interesting. Every startup I've ever worked at, the chief compliance officer & mlro was one of the first 2-3 employees to get hired (as far as I can recall).
- cinntaile 3y agoWouldn't it be better if they could instead hire someone that adds actual value as one of their early employees rather than someone they need to fulfill some bureaucratic requirement?