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		eloisant 10 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Cursor 1.0 I guess the world doesn't work like that because employers don't even understand high school economics. They'd rather have an employee spend 2 weeks on a task than shell out a few bucks at it, because they don't realize the 2 weeks of salary is more expensive than the external expense.

redserk 10 months ago [–]

You’re making the erroneous assumption that the productivity gains would meaningfully generate revenue for the business to offset additional costs.

Plus development work is quite bursty — a productivity gain for developers does not necessarily translate into more prospects in a sales pipeline.

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