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Re:Tesla engineers were on-site to evaluate the Twitter staf... by x86x87 on Saturday October 29, 2022 @10:23PM (#33390378)
This is IMHO a very naive take on software engineering and on keeping a complex system running.

There is no way we're going to see a 70% cut and twitter survives. There is also no way an outside party cam figure out what the "unimportant" systems are in days or even weeks.

Realistically if you want to cut you start by reviewing everything and pretend you just want to understand. You place key people in key positions and help them build an understanding. After 3-6 months of observing maybe you can do some cutting.

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Re:Tesla engineers were on-site to evaluate the Twitter staf... by grogenaut on Saturday October 29, 2022 @10:40PM (#33390492)
Oh I 100% agree with everything you said here. You do due diligence before. You don't just blindly cut 70%.

I was just saying if I had to (because I was being asked to) cut 70% or even 10% immediately that's what I would do. But I'm also not sure I'd take that job.

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