>The sale of ads is Google primary source of income
No, the sale of AD SPACE is Google's primary source of income. And that AD SPACE is primarily in Google's own software products (Search, Mail, Maps etc) although of course they've built a platform for others to sell related ad space...
>the developers are still a cost, that does not directly contribute to revenue, only the sales department does. Logically it's a bit silly, because you need to build stuff to sell it, but that's not how account and management view the world.
The recent season of Silicon Valley had a hilarious arc depicting this thinking. But it's important to note that not all business organizations maintain that philosophy
No, the sale of AD SPACE is Google's primary source of income. And that AD SPACE is primarily in Google's own software products (Search, Mail, Maps etc) although of course they've built a platform for others to sell related ad space...
>the developers are still a cost, that does not directly contribute to revenue, only the sales department does. Logically it's a bit silly, because you need to build stuff to sell it, but that's not how account and management view the world.
The recent season of Silicon Valley had a hilarious arc depicting this thinking. But it's important to note that not all business organizations maintain that philosophy