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Re:Programmers: Before you turn 40, get a plan B (2009) by pmiller2 on Friday August 02, 2019 @04:51PM (#20596539)
Amazon has demonstrated its ability to show a profit. Uber and Lyft have not.
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Re:Programmers: Before you turn 40, get a plan B (2009) by spraak on Friday August 02, 2019 @07:16PM (#20597460)
If the acronym is only about profit then it is both misused and excludes other obvious companies like Microsoft.
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Re:Programmers: Before you turn 40, get a plan B (2009) by pmiller2 on Friday August 02, 2019 @10:31PM (#20598279)
It’s not entirely about profit, but I would argue you have to show a profit, or, demonstrate you could show a profit like Amazon has, to be considered a “top company” in any sense.
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Re:Programmers: Before you turn 40, get a plan B (2009) by qes on Saturday August 03, 2019 @01:48PM (#20601650)
How does it exclude Microsoft, who reported $8.4 billion net income for Q2 2019?
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