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Re:Twitter Plans Hundreds More Job Cuts as Soon as This Week by kmonsen on Monday October 24, 2016 @10:13PM (#12784717)
If they are staying stable, do they really need those top engineers? The probably need a different set of engineers who can find a cheaper way of doing what they are already doing.
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Re:Twitter Plans Hundreds More Job Cuts as Soon as This Week by yeukhon on Tuesday October 25, 2016 @12:44AM (#12785351)
Staying stable finanically is okay, but staying stable and no optimization (better algorithms) might hurt. Hiring good engineers is surprisingly expensive and hard.
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