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You're starting to realize why eng is a cost center. The goal of the business it to make money, not make a great product. They will make the product better if
by onlyrealcuzzo 2y ago
You're starting to realize why eng is a cost center.
The goal of the business it to make money, not make a great product.
They will make the product better if and only if it will lead to greater profits.
If you can make more money hiring more sales and marketing people to sell a broken product than hiring more engineers to fix the product, you're going to hire more sales and marketing people.
- closeparen 2y agoSo don’t work at a company that sells a software product to other businesses. Work at a company that has a business of its own, which runs more efficiently when the software is better.
- onlyrealcuzzo 2y agoYou're still in a cost center.
- mattgreenrocks 2y agoI...can't fault this, as much as I hate it. This explains so much. More broadly: products are the way to make profits, but they aren't the purpose of the venture.