
Jan. 10, 2016
3:38 p.m.
On Sun, Jan 10, 2016 at 10:28 AM, Eric Fahlgren <ericfahlgren@gmail.com> wrote:
Often when I hear people complain about "tiny" improvements, I change the context: "Ok, I'm going to raise your salary 5%, or is that too small and you don't want it?" Suddenly that 5% looks pretty good.
To extend this analogy a bit, I think Neil's objection was more along the lines of "Why work an extra 5 hours a week for only a 5% raise?" I don't think anyone's going to pooh-pooh a performance improvement. Neil's concern is just about whether the benefit justifies the cost. Nick