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Sales & Marketing expense was $124M, they spent ~$9M on advertising, so ~$115M on sales and marketing, and $183M on R&D (engineering).

So about 61:39, eng:sales, if you were to assume wages were equal, on average.

Yeah, thats what Im interested in too. have to assume there is a significant sales force, especially with their expected sales growth

Since both of you assume that, we'll assume it's true for the moment. In that case, in order to scale their sales, they have to do it by an industry benchmark unless proven otherwise. The industry benchmark is about linear scaling of a sales force.

Actually, a more accurate calculation is much more complex. It's also almost impossible to figure out accurately unless they release certain data - which I guess they won't do.

Good luck with that!

The cost they list for research and development compared to e.g. marketing gives you an idea.