https://swizec.com/blog/the-3-budgets/ #career
There are 3 budgets a company can dip into for paying software engineers:
- Sales or Marketing.
- Research and Development.
- Maintenance.
What motivates spending in each?
- If the company is growing, sales can be a major motivator in paying engineers. Input, in the form of work is directly linked to revenue.
- This is linked to directly seeing your ROI. But can create an environment of the next big hit.
- R and D build what the company sells. This budge wants growth over time. This work is harder to measure but you’re seen as an investment.
Your work is meant to become an asset
What does this mean ^