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Re:Docker 2.0 went from $11M to $135M in 2 years by ahepp on Friday January 13, 2023 @05:29PM (#34374793)
Is 1,000 employees a big tech company?
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Re:Docker 2.0 went from $11M to $135M in 2 years by ivalm on Friday January 13, 2023 @08:12PM (#34376160)
Assume 250k/employee ctc that’s $250M. Assume revenue is 2x labor cost and that’s 500M earnings. Typical revenue multiple nowadays is like 5, unless very high growth, so $2.5B valuation. Not exactly big but unicorn at least.
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Re:Docker 2.0 went from $11M to $135M in 2 years by JimDabell on Friday January 13, 2023 @11:52PM (#34377479)
A thousand developers, not a thousand employees.
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