Why don't companies pay 50x engineers 50x?

Re:Why don't companies pay 50x engineers 50x? by rossriley on Sunday March 28, 2021 @01:47AM (#26608283)

WhatsApp for instance sold for $19 Billion and when it was acquired had an engineering team of just 35.

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Re:Why don't companies pay 50x engineers 50x? by jldugger on Sunday March 28, 2021 @01:54AM (#26608313)

And I think Instagram had like 12.

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Re:Why don't companies pay 50x engineers 50x? by djmips on Monday March 29, 2021 @06:16AM (#26619612)

Says more about the complexity (or lack thereof) of the product than the capabilities of those 12.

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Re:Why don't companies pay 50x engineers 50x? by jldugger on Monday March 29, 2021 @07:15PM (#26629510)

I mean, it was a mobile first app, with a substantial server component and infinite scroll, at a time where very few people were iOS experts.

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