News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Is big tech’s red-hot jobs market about to cool?. Parent comment

Re:Is big tech’s red-hot jobs market about to cool? by kortilla on Friday June 03, 2022 @04:41AM (#31605779)
> To be fair, anyone sitting on the sidelines watching tech companies spend 15-20 years without making a profit - or ever making a profit - is going to start thinking "what the hell is going on"

Big tech companies have been absolute money making machines. What are you talking about?

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Is big tech’s red-hot jobs market about to cool? by b3morales on Friday June 03, 2022 @12:08PM (#31610250)
The ones at the very top -- Facebook, Google, Apple, Microsoft, Amazon -- are profitable. There's been a good number of big hyped names and decade+ "startups" that might have a lot of revenue but don't have much if anything left over in the net column. (Uber most famously.)
[ Parent | on HN ]