Dan Luu on Nostr: Am I missing something, or is cost saving work systematically undervalued? Pricing ...
Am I missing something, or is cost saving work systematically undervalued?
Pricing cost savings as breakeven at 25x seems bonkers, but it's a common sentiment. Before joining Twitter, I had a "sell" call with the then-CTO who said the same thing: if a senior eng saves $10M/yr, that would be considered poor performance and should be a no hire.
That's incredible! Twitter had maybe 2k eng at the time. If each made $10M/yr at the margin, the company would increase its profit by $20B/yr/yr.
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