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> and no, a $5,000 MacBook Pro is not attainable In many professions, $5000 for tools is almost nothing.
by Veuxdo 2y ago
> and no, a $5,000 MacBook Pro is not attainable
In many professions, $5000 for tools is almost nothing.
- cpursley 2y agoYep. Typical landscape crew rolls with $50k in equipment (maybe more). People push back on tooling pricing in other industries (especially when the tooling is "soft') but have no clue what that the cost of doing biz is huge for others.
- torginus 2y agoYeah, but those tools don't get obsoleted in 3 years.
- zamadatix 2y agoYou're pretty lucky if the specialised tools for your profession cost <$2,000/y to replace and maintain. Sometimes tools last many years but cost an order of magnitude more anyways. Sometimes tools require expensive maintenance after purchase. Sometimes they are obsolete in a short number of years. Sometimes they were out quickly with use. Sometimes (often) a mix of the above. Regardless the reasons, any tooling in the ~$5,000/~3 year ballpark is not at all a high or unique number for a profession.
- fragmede 2y agohigh end CAD design software, the kind used to design SpaceX rocket engines, costs tens of thousands of dollars per seat per year.