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> But their new VC-installed CTO was like… No! Largely the point I'm trying to put here > Their first month’s bill was $50,000. And it only went up from there
by CoolCold 2y ago
> But their new VC-installed CTO was like… No!
Largely the point I'm trying to put here
> Their first month’s bill was $50,000. And it only went up from there.
Well, I've read it's not uncommon to have salaries of 200-500k USD/year per programmer, on that scale may be it doesn't matter is it 50k spending on infra or 100k . For others such extra spending is _something_ though.
- Nullabillity 2y agoYou're mixing yearly salary figures and monthly infra bills.
- throwaway11460 2y ago50k*12=600k, equivalent to 1-3 SWE employees; practically not even a single small team. It's nothing. Individual contributors see these numbers and act like it's some huge amount of money but in the grander scheme of things when you're approving budgets for multiple teams of senior SWEs and other roles, it doesn't even register.
- electric_mayhem 2y agoI’ve seen ICs lose promotions they were on course for and get wrecked on their bonuses for losing track of a single $50k/mo cluster in AWS and leaving it running though unused. At a FAANG company. So, ICs who sweat that kind of waste are right to do so. If management sees that someone thinks 50k/mo is no big deal to squander, bet your ass there’s a good chance they’ll take at least a month’s worth out of that person’s annual bonus since that kind of money matters so little to them.
- throwaway11460 2y agoSure, that money shouldn't be wasted - but thinking it's a significant part of the budget is misguided.
- electric_mayhem 2y agoNot sure why you were down moderated for pointing this out. Facts is facts.