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Re:Where has all the productivity gone? by bob33212 on Saturday July 31, 2021 @11:01AM (#28018682)
In 2007 I ran an automated testing team for a product that had 60M in revenue. It was just me by myself. Today you can find startups with less than 5M in revenue with 5 people with the same productivity. Organizations have expanded to fill the budget provided of them mostly through headcount. Similar to Conway's Law.
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Re:Where has all the productivity gone? by chelsea102 on Saturday July 31, 2021 @11:10AM (#28018786)
This anecdote proves little. Even if taken as representative, there are valid reasons for a differing level of investment, like:

- importance of quality to the product domain

- differences in talent levels and supply of talent

- differences in company stage and expected future revenue growth

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