Re:Ask HN: Am I excessive in wanting to fire a dev?
by kenzokai on Tuesday July 28, 2015 @12:39AM
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This is what makes startups so special, and powerful.
Everybody now knows (or should know) that the more modern type of developer environment - wear what you want, arrive when you want, stay home when you want, have all the free coffee you want - makes them MORE productive.
Pissing them off or giving them a shitty environment to work in makes them less productive.
And productivity = money.
Of course defects cost money. One defect means you lose money once.
Less productivity means you lose money every single day.
Everybody now knows (or should know) that the more modern type of developer environment - wear what you want, arrive when you want, stay home when you want, have all the free coffee you want - makes them MORE productive.
Pissing them off or giving them a shitty environment to work in makes them less productive.
And productivity = money.
Of course defects cost money. One defect means you lose money once.
Less productivity means you lose money every single day.