Re:What if you knew how computers work? (2015)
by captainbland on Saturday October 10, 2020 @08:20AM
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> So the improvement of Moore's law (RIP) ends up going to programmers' salaries
If businesses demanded that everything be of optimal performance, developer salaries would most likely increase because that would increase demand for developer labour in the market without increasing its supply. And I know that many developers would be more than happy to do this (performance optimisation being one of these classic 'nerd sniping' tasks that really appeals to many programmers) but are simply not granted the time to.
And there is a reason that hardly anyone's boss is telling them to eek out every bit and clock cycle: they can't afford it, or at least don't want to pay to do that. So the "benefit" of doing this actually lands squarely on the business, if you want anywhere to look for wasted resources.
If businesses demanded that everything be of optimal performance, developer salaries would most likely increase because that would increase demand for developer labour in the market without increasing its supply. And I know that many developers would be more than happy to do this (performance optimisation being one of these classic 'nerd sniping' tasks that really appeals to many programmers) but are simply not granted the time to.
And there is a reason that hardly anyone's boss is telling them to eek out every bit and clock cycle: they can't afford it, or at least don't want to pay to do that. So the "benefit" of doing this actually lands squarely on the business, if you want anywhere to look for wasted resources.