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Re:If you want to transform IT, start with finance by 908B64B197 on Tuesday July 13, 2021 @06:01PM (#27826815)
> When accounting and controlling are done setting up their cost centers, the most logical place from their view would be to fire all developers and double the sales team, as that's where the money is made.

That's great for long term shorts.

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Re:If you want to transform IT, start with finance by endymi0n on Tuesday July 13, 2021 @06:10PM (#27826897)
Well it _is_ a common trick for "making the bride pretty" or for short-term incentivized CEOs:

You know you've got a top notch DevSecOps team for example if everything is smooth, calm and boring — because most issues are automated away. That's exactly the point when you know you can safely fire that expensive team, because it'll usually take a few years until the automation surplus has been exhausted and then a few more until the starting chaos has propagated into actual outside-visible incidents.

Makes for a great bottom-line at approximately the end of shares vesting.

You didn't get that pro-tip from me.

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