> Are an extra few hundred dollars every couple of years really that significant?
Well yeah, why pay more to get less?
And I also work hard for those few hundred dollars ... at the end of a productive day I'm so tired I can barely speak. Few hundred here, few hundred there, oops, there goes the fruits of my labor.
> If you hire even one programmer their salary cost exceeds that within a week.
The argument was, of course, that you will get more.
> Maybe in Silicon Valley, but not where I live.
In silicon valley we'd be talking thousands per week, not hundreds.
Let's make the unlikely assumption that a software engineer has a 40,000 usd/year salary cost (which is significantly greater than the salary the employee get) where you live.
> The argument was, of course, that you will get more.
This isn't my experience or my argument, and I even explained why.
> 40,000 usd/year salary cost
Personally I'm doing contracting on my own, and that's approximately my monthly income. It's a pretty decent salary considering that the cost of living here is also low (I own my own apartment, if I'd want, I could live on $300 a month).
Regardless of salary, I was arguing that you get less for more money ... and I won't throw money on a product just because it has the cool factor.
