'Too many employees, but few work': Pichai, Zuckerberg sound the alarm

Re:'Too many employees, but few work': Pichai, Zuckerberg so... by waspight on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @11:38AM (#32413810)

Why is Netflix part of FAANG? Isn’t all the other ones much larger corporations?

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Re:'Too many employees, but few work': Pichai, Zuckerberg so... by ajross on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @11:54AM (#32414107)

When the acronym was coined, Netflix was in the process of disrupting the entire entertainment industry and it looked for all the world like it was going to eat them all. As it happened, the industry (well, Disney and HBO at least) figured things out faster than expected, so much of the speculation on Netflix turned out to be wrong. But they absolutely were a Top of the World tech innovator for a while there.

But it's just an acronym, it's not perfect. The other big error is that, obviously, Microsoft needs to be in that list given their pay scale and hiring process.

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Re:'Too many employees, but few work': Pichai, Zuckerberg so... by 202206241203 on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @12:29PM (#32414647)

> Top of the World tech innovator

Yes, top reason an average enterprise developer has to deal with a distributed mess as opposed to a more manageable monolithic one: "we will do microservices despite being nothing like Netflix". On the upside, more developers are now required.

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Re:'Too many employees, but few work': Pichai, Zuckerberg so... by truffdog on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @11:40AM (#32413845)

Their top tier compensation packages and stock performance over the past 15 years

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Re:'Too many employees, but few work': Pichai, Zuckerberg so... by bombcar on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @11:50AM (#32414029)

That's the story, but I feel the acronym was "unfortunate" without them, so they were added.

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Re:'Too many employees, but few work': Pichai, Zuckerberg so... by inkcapmushroom on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @03:19PM (#32417105)

Leaving Netflix out would have been a GAAF.

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Re:'Too many employees, but few work': Pichai, Zuckerberg so... by sn41 on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @12:08PM (#32414334)

Because without Netflix, it would be a bit awkward.

I've always felt that leaving Microsoft out was a bit problematic. But FAAMG does not sound very threatening.

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Re:'Too many employees, but few work': Pichai, Zuckerberg so... by emptyparadise on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @12:17PM (#32414457)

MANGA

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Re:'Too many employees, but few work': Pichai, Zuckerberg so... by selimthegrim on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @06:20PM (#32419145)

I guess the French have GAFAM?

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