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The developers at a software company are considered an expense but a required expense due to them creating the products that bring the revenue in. Shrinking th
by AtmaScout 12y ago
The developers at a software company are considered an expense but a required expense due to them creating the products that bring the revenue in. Shrinking the expenses by shrinking the developer count occurs but I would think that would have an impact later on the amount of revenue that could potentially be generated.
In a non-tech company I agree with your statement. Likely the revenue is brought in through some other avenue. A developer in that scenario is defiantly seen as more of an expense to reduce.
Do I have a skewed mindset around this?
- forgottenpass 12y agoDo I have a skewed mindset around this? Every expense is a required expense. Every expense is looked at to be minimized. They're going to run with the fewest, cheapest developers as they think they can get away with to deliver what they want to deliver on the schedule they want to deliver it. It doesn't always work like that, over time bloat accumulates leading to restructuring/layoffs. This is so standard that exceptions are notable (20% time, skunkworks, etc...)