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Re:Ask HN: Inherited the worst code and tech team I have eve... by hnfong on Sunday September 18, 2022 @01:57AM (#32884809)
> team is 3 people, quite junior.

Even at FAANG salaries this wouldn't be that much compared with $20M

Re:Ask HN: Inherited the worst code and tech team I have eve... by colinmhayes on Sunday September 18, 2022 @02:45AM (#32885066)
You don't know what the costs are though. The site could have huge costs of content acquisition or any number of reasons to not be making anywhere near $20 million profit.
Re:Ask HN: Inherited the worst code and tech team I have eve... by OJFord on Sunday September 18, 2022 @03:03AM (#32885169)
Revenue isn't the same as Earnings Before Salaries either.

E.g. maybe it's an e-wholesaler or widget reseller, bought $19M goods and sold $20M. Or maybe it was much slower than expected, they actually bought $25M goods and are burning 500k/month on warehousing. Or whatever.

Re:Ask HN: Inherited the worst code and tech team I have eve... by jtsiskin on Sunday September 18, 2022 @02:54AM (#32885117)
Yes, but the parent is saying this could be an e-commerce website, or construction company, etc. But having an iOS app feels unnecessary for most of these businesses
Re:Ask HN: Inherited the worst code and tech team I have eve... by zem on Monday September 19, 2022 @02:19AM (#32894885)
a lot of field operations these days are done on phone or tablet apps, so I can totally see an ios developer being vital for internal processes
Re:Ask HN: Inherited the worst code and tech team I have eve... by k8sToGo on Sunday September 18, 2022 @02:53AM (#32885106)
The engineering team might be 3 people but not the whole company.