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Only 15% of the Basecamp operations budget is spent on Ruby

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Tags: basecamp, premature optimization, saas, startups
https://m.signalvnoise.com/only-15-of-the-basecamp-operations-budget-is-spent-on-ruby/

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DHH
Published
Dec 18 2019
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    arghdos
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    Maybe they're based somewhere cheap, but these two statements seem pretty contradictory

    unrealistically low $45,000/year. That reduction wouldn’t even pay for two developers at our average all-in cost at Basecamp!

    Not every company pay their developers as well as we do at Basecamp, so maybe the rates would look a little different there

    Maybe they're based somewhere cheap, but these two statements seem pretty contradictory

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      Deimos
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      I think you misinterpreted and/or quoted the wrong part of the sentence, they said it would save $400,000 per year just before that, reducing the cost to 45k, not by 45k. Basecamp's fully remote,...

      I think you misinterpreted and/or quoted the wrong part of the sentence, they said it would save $400,000 per year just before that, reducing the cost to 45k, not by 45k.

      Basecamp's fully remote, and pays very well. They were hiring a Senior Programmer recently:

      We benchmark our pay to the 90th percentile of San Francisco rates. Same position, same pay, no matter where you live: between $145,000 and $179,000, matched to your experience.

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      1. arghdos
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        Ahhhhh, yeah the reduction of 400k wouldn't cover two developers not the 45k number. That makes way more sense, thanks!

        Ahhhhh, yeah the reduction of 400k wouldn't cover two developers not the 45k number.

        That makes way more sense, thanks!

        4 votes