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Re:Report: WeWork expected to cut 500 tech roles by webscalist on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @08:57PM (#21198928)
- Kubernetes operation: 3 people

- API on top of Kubernetes: 2 people

- Tools around the API on top of Kubernetes: 1 person

- API and tools specific for continuous integration: 2 people

- Database operation: 2 people

- Event/Data pipeline: 5 people

- Authentication: 3 people

- Mobile API: 2 people

- Mobile App: 2 people

- Web API: 4 people

- Web App: 4 people

- ETL/Data science: 5 people

- Document writers, testers, new tech on-boarding evangelists: 5 people

That's 40 people for one feature. And you have 12 features, you need 500 people.

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Re:Report: WeWork expected to cut 500 tech roles by opportune on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @09:21PM (#21199074)
40 people with this kind of breakdown for a product, sure. This huge team for a feature? Lol, no
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Re:Report: WeWork expected to cut 500 tech roles by wcip on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @09:01PM (#21198954)
Every feature requires 2 people to build the endpoints, 3 people to wire up the auth and 2 people to add it to the web app? And that's all they do going forward?
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Re:Report: WeWork expected to cut 500 tech roles by joejerryronnie on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @10:02PM (#21199287)
Pair programming!
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Re:Report: WeWork expected to cut 500 tech roles by crtlaltdel on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @08:59PM (#21198943)
is this breakdown based on experience with the wework tech stack?
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