Re:Unpopular Opinions about Tech
by ThrowawayR2 on Sunday November 17, 2019 @09:38PM
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> "The big tech companies don’t employ so many engineers because they need them, they do it because they are afraid of being understaffed when the next big paradigm shift happens"
Nope, can't agree with this one. The reasons the big tech companies employ so many engineers is 1) Empire building by senior management to justify their next promotion and 2) said big tech companies are floundering around trying to build something that create the next big paradigm shift, 99.9% of which gets cancelled before ever seeing the light of day or flops miserably in the marketplace if it does. Been there, done that.
Nope, can't agree with this one. The reasons the big tech companies employ so many engineers is 1) Empire building by senior management to justify their next promotion and 2) said big tech companies are floundering around trying to build something that create the next big paradigm shift, 99.9% of which gets cancelled before ever seeing the light of day or flops miserably in the marketplace if it does. Been there, done that.