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Re:How Instagram scaled to 14 million users with only 3 engi... by thebears5454 on Saturday September 16, 2023 @04:43AM (#37533079)
There is not a single VC that is three managers to one engineer
Re:How Instagram scaled to 14 million users with only 3 engi... by dijit on Saturday September 16, 2023 @05:37AM (#37533344)
Team Lead, Scrum Master and Director.

Not to mention HR managers.

I have seen situations where there are 10% engineers to 50% "assorted management" in tech companies. (the remaining 40% being a mix of sales and support staff such as office management).

Re:How Instagram scaled to 14 million users with only 3 engi... by GaelFG on Saturday September 16, 2023 @05:45AM (#37533386)
"I won't give names but trust me", VC funded tech companies with 3-10 bros 'who have or not a vague technical background but more see themselves as high level thinkers' between founders and their first hires for 'key strategic roles' followed by an engineer and one to three interns to fill production role are a common reality, at least on startup scenes I attended. In the startup process 'marketing' is also glorified (not that i disagree it's importance) so once you have one or two guy who can make demos, hiring marketing people is often the next priority.