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Re:Google Announces 12K Layoffs: A difficult decision to set... by jimbokun on Friday January 20, 2023 @12:13PM (#34456280)
Only if the competent let them.

You could argue that the whole point of something like Y Combinator is to back hungry competent founders over stagnant incompetent people working at behemoth companies.

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Re:Google Announces 12K Layoffs: A difficult decision to set... by TheOtherHobbes on Friday January 20, 2023 @12:56PM (#34456946)
You could also argue that the whole point of YC is to provide a passive(ish) income for Paul Graham by turning small hungry companies into behemoths via rapid forced growth and IPO. Like some kind of battery farming.
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Re:Google Announces 12K Layoffs: A difficult decision to set... by FearlessNebula on Friday January 20, 2023 @07:24PM (#34462266)
Foie gras
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