alt Hacker NewsIt's crazy if you're an engineer. It's pretty common for middle managers to quantify "progress" in terms of "spend".
My bosses bosses boss like to claim that we're successfully moving to the cloud because the cost is increasing year over year.
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FuckButtons • yesterday at 9:27 PM
Appropriate username.
Growth will be proportional to spend. You can cut waste later and celebrate efficiency. So when growing there isn't much incentive to do it efficiently. You are just robbing yourself of a potential future victory. Also it's legitimately difficult to maximize growth while prioritizing efficiency. It's like how a body builder cycles between bulking and cutting. For mid to long term outlooks it's probably the best strategy.