In my experience, businesses are wildly capital-inefficient at shipping software.
The personnel needed to ship something in a tech org with 100s or 1000s of employees might look like...
- Front-end developer
- Back-end developer
- DevOps / Infra
- UX/Designer
- Product Manager
- Engineering Manager
- Security, Risk & Compliance, Legal (ensure someone doesn't sue NYT over some mis-worded privacy policy or mis-use of user data)
If project planning occurs in quarters (or half-quarters, for those "nimble" cos), getting the Wordle project green-lit means spending 1/4-1/8th year of salaries/benefits for this squad all-in.
Kudos to the creator for making this sale! Great timing, hope the money is life-changing in the best possible way.
The personnel needed to ship something in a tech org with 100s or 1000s of employees might look like...
- Front-end developer - Back-end developer - DevOps / Infra - UX/Designer - Product Manager - Engineering Manager - Security, Risk & Compliance, Legal (ensure someone doesn't sue NYT over some mis-worded privacy policy or mis-use of user data)
If project planning occurs in quarters (or half-quarters, for those "nimble" cos), getting the Wordle project green-lit means spending 1/4-1/8th year of salaries/benefits for this squad all-in.
Kudos to the creator for making this sale! Great timing, hope the money is life-changing in the best possible way.