Ask HN: How do SMBs afford such expensive software engineers in the US?

Re:Ask HN: How do SMBs afford such expensive software engine... by omarhaneef on Sunday July 04, 2021 @09:23AM (#27729433)

Do SMBs hire software engineers?

Software is the ultimate scaleable write once and run everywhere resource. An SMB just runs software already written.

The one exception is an SMB that specializes in writing software aka the startup and they usually have to hand out equity and/or pay reasonably well.

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Re:Ask HN: How do SMBs afford such expensive software engine... by H8crilA on Sunday July 04, 2021 @09:36AM (#27729510)

A ~250 people company is still medium sized, and a lot of those would have some (small) IT staff.

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Re:Ask HN: How do SMBs afford such expensive software engine... by oneplane on Sunday July 04, 2021 @09:40AM (#27729539)

I suppose that depends on where you live. Some business-sizing is money-based, some is physical-size based, some is headcount-based.

In the EU the standard seems to be less than 250 headcount or less than 50 million revenue. But the states within the EU might have different rules.

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Re:Ask HN: How do SMBs afford such expensive software engine... by detaro on Sunday July 04, 2021 @02:16PM (#27731559)

Plenty SMBs are making physical products running software, have software supporting manufacturing, ... Plenty SMBs producing software are not "startups".

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