Re:Reddit’s blackout protest is set to continue indefinitely
by lmeyerov on Thursday June 15, 2023 @12:39PM
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Tech companies over hired for ~10 years wrt efficiency , and few want to do layoffs necessary to get 'good' efficiency numbers, just close enough that they can maybe reach them in a few years, and hole things change in the meanwhile
It's natural: market funded inefficient growth for years, and tech people want to feel like they are succeeding, which headcount is a power-tripping and physical metric for, even if wildly inaccurate
Tech companies over hired for ~10 years wrt efficiency , and few want to do layoffs necessary to get 'good' efficiency numbers, just close enough that they can maybe reach them in a few years, and hole things change in the meanwhile
It's natural: market funded inefficient growth for years, and tech people want to feel like they are succeeding, which headcount is a power-tripping and physical metric for, even if wildly inaccurate