Re:Uber lays off 435 people
by lostcolony on Tuesday September 10, 2019 @05:16PM
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So you're saying software devs are just cogs that can be easily replaced?
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No.
I'm implying that rather than laying off top performers you find them a different role in your organization.
Granted if the skill set is incredibly niche--such as hand optimizing HC12 assembly and you've moved to ARM then perhaps not.
It's hard to imagine a scenario where an entire project teams skillset is so niche that they couldn't find a home for top developers in other parts of the org.
Re:Uber lays off 435 people
by austhrow743 on Tuesday September 10, 2019 @05:22PM
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Yes
Re:Uber lays off 435 people
by lliamander on Tuesday September 10, 2019 @05:51PM
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You can't just swap out members of a team, or add more members to a team, and expect the result to be faster execution (in short run) even if the new team members are high performers.
In the first case, you're losing team members with tribal knowledge of the system and its requirements. In the second case, you're exponentially increasing the pathways of communication. In either case, you still have the ramp-up time for new team members.