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The company used the developer that year and made the profit that year. It doesn't make sense to me why they would they have to expense it over 5 years.
by hasty_pudding 3y ago
The company used the developer that year and made the profit that year. It doesn't make sense to me why they would they have to expense it over 5 years.
- InitialLastName 3y agoIt's not like the developer is a plumber, where the company gets paid per toilet they can replace in a year. The IP that the developer developed is an asset that will keep earning a return in ensuing years; in every other field of business, yearly depreciation is how you account for the cost of your assets.
- hasty_pudding 3y agoNot all but a good chunk of my career has been digital plumbing whether I'm in a developer or an ops role. And then theres engineers devoted to maintenance of the systems full-time. Do ops/infra people fall under this?
- tjconsult 3y agoNo, DevOps/SRE salaries are considered COGS (cost of goods and services) so they’re accounted for the same as a cloud hosting bill–i.e. _not_ a capital investment