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Re:The top bug predictor is not technical, it's organization... by pjc50 on Wednesday December 18, 2019 @07:43AM (#21824224)
In order to get Big VC Money, before doing a Big IPO, you need a Big Team doing a Big Plan. Nobody's going to give you a billion dollars for something that's simple enough for one person to do.

You may say, "but this problem doesn't need a billion dollars!", to which I say "your corporate ownership structure isn't complicated enough, you need to make sure that as much of the billion dollars sticks to your hands as possible after you fail". WeWork passim.

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Re:The top bug predictor is not technical, it's organization... by bob33212 on Wednesday December 18, 2019 @08:15AM (#21824449)
I interviewed at a well funded company for engineering manager. The interview centered around how they were going to build a 100 person team so the job would include lots of interviewing and hiring.

I assume that some investor was told that "We are going to have 100 developers while our competitor has only 20" and the investor bought into that plan.

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Re:The top bug predictor is not technical, it's organization... by blowski on Wednesday December 18, 2019 @10:01AM (#21825496)
Plus managers who define their worth by easily measurable values like how many 0s on their p+l statement, and lines to them on the org-chart. Success of the project is much more subjective.
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