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Re:Dropbox to reduce global workforce by about 16%, or 500 s... by phendrenad2 on Thursday April 27, 2023 @11:44AM (#35729795)
It's almost like companies are doing whatever the hype cycle demands. Two years ago it was all about having a huge headcount. Now it's about being "lean" but also "all in on AI". Smart engineers will take a 6 week bootcamp on ML and go right back to work.
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Re:Dropbox to reduce global workforce by about 16%, or 500 s... by rchaud on Thursday April 27, 2023 @12:10PM (#35730247)
Two years ago, it was Dropbox thinking that people really needed a word processor, so they built "Dropbox Paper"
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Re:Dropbox to reduce global workforce by about 16%, or 500 s... by lawrenci on Thursday April 27, 2023 @02:42PM (#35732730)
That was 7+ years ago: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dropbox_Paper

Dropbox also never hired at a rate beyond their rate of revenue growth.

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