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> Typically, in a mature company the salaries of the dev team are a rounding error on the total operation. I don't think that's true at all. From small startup
by azakai 12y ago
> Typically, in a mature company the salaries of the dev team are a rounding error on the total operation.
I don't think that's true at all. From small startups to large successful no-longer-startups, often dev salaries dominate spending, from what I usually hear.
Perhaps my experience is limited? Or perhaps the author means something specific by "mature company"?
- tracker1 12y agoThe company I work for now, is around 18-20 employees (high/low for the past year), and the 5 people working in IT account for more than half of payroll... so I'd say you are probably correct. IT personnel typically pays well over $50k/year for an established (not tech support) role. And over $90K for a senior developer role (usually more). This is usually twice what an employee in other roles will make. Rock star sales people in a sales driven company can make quite a bit more, but this tends to be commission based... there is a risk there, and the reward is higher pay. If you have a good idea, and want to take a risk, then you can reap larger rewards from that, though you have as much or more chance of falling on your face. I've now done that twice, and am happy to make a nice salary as a senior developer or software architect than deal with the risk/reward scenarios.