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Re:You can fire 80% of software engineers and the company wi... by peoplefromibiza on Tuesday November 22, 2022 @06:47AM (#33704721)
> absolutely business critical other teams

So you're saying WhatsApp had no critical other teams, but Facebook bought them anyway for a record breaking sum of money at the time, because they looked nice on picture?

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Re:You can fire 80% of software engineers and the company wi... by kaba0 on Tuesday November 22, 2022 @06:53AM (#33704758)
I don’t know, but I’m fairly sure that the user base is the most valuable part of a social network/messenger platform, not the tech stack, or the staff.
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