The cost of hiring an engineer isn't the salary. It's the time-to-productivity — and it's brutal.
source → interview → offer → notice → onboard → ramp
≈ 3–4 months before a senior hire ships real work
For that entire window, the work you hired for isn't happening. One open role slows the roadmap; several slow it a lot. That's recruitment drag — the tax nobody budgets for.
Two fixes that actually work:
Hire ahead of the pain — pay for the role before the load peaks.
Use a ramped dedicated team — start building in days, not months.
Feeling the drag? → devxhub.com
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