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Re:Machine learning saves us $1.7M a year on document previews by johncena33 on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @06:29PM (#25935644)
You also have to keep in mind that this work was interesting and it probably helped to keep few rockstart engineers from leaving.
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Re:Machine learning saves us $1.7M a year on document previews by b3kart on Thursday January 28, 2021 @10:05AM (#25942830)
Agreed. At this level of competition for top talent you need to pamper your staff, which includes letting them work on the kinds of projects that they’ll proudly mention on their CVs, even if it’s not the highest priority project business-wise. I am sure a company like Dropbox can afford to do this once in a while.
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