Profit- vs cost-center is pretty ingrained into a company's management DNA, for all companies.
From top-down perspective, it's a question of "If I +$1 to this department, what +revenue do I realize?"
In non-tech companies, that's a long or abstract link: "How does funding SWE help me sell more furniture?" In tech product companies, it's trivially obvious.
Tl;dr - always work for a profit center, never work for a cost center.
From top-down perspective, it's a question of "If I +$1 to this department, what +revenue do I realize?"
In non-tech companies, that's a long or abstract link: "How does funding SWE help me sell more furniture?" In tech product companies, it's trivially obvious.
Tl;dr - always work for a profit center, never work for a cost center.