Re:Show HN: I was frustrated with pricing of PagerDuty et al...
by steveBK123 on Sunday April 23, 2023 @11:42AM
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Re: cost & holidays/hours
On pricing - I don't think it matters for small orgs the way it does for big orgs.
Let's say today I am in a role where I am effectively the CTO of a 5ish person startup, with only 3 technical. So whether I spend $200/year or $1500/year, I don't really care. Both are more than $0, and require me to review a contract, do a POC, have a lawyer or someone review things, etc.
My internal time to do all those things is more like $10-30k, easily.
Now, do I decide it's worth my time knowing that my devs are going to basically turn off their phones / go to do-not-disturb-mode still because it's sense of working hours is non-existent (making it worse than PagerDuty & Slack notification tuning, both of which I already despise)?
On pricing - I don't think it matters for small orgs the way it does for big orgs. Let's say today I am in a role where I am effectively the CTO of a 5ish person startup, with only 3 technical. So whether I spend $200/year or $1500/year, I don't really care. Both are more than $0, and require me to review a contract, do a POC, have a lawyer or someone review things, etc.
My internal time to do all those things is more like $10-30k, easily.
Now, do I decide it's worth my time knowing that my devs are going to basically turn off their phones / go to do-not-disturb-mode still because it's sense of working hours is non-existent (making it worse than PagerDuty & Slack notification tuning, both of which I already despise)?