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Re:Meta is axing 600 roles across its AI division by varjag on Wednesday October 22, 2025 @02:35PM (#45673314)
There's little evidence that this is a common problem.
Re:Meta is axing 600 roles across its AI division by KaiserPro on Wednesday October 22, 2025 @02:55PM (#45673557)
there is in meta.

Userneed is very much second to company priority metrics.

Re:Meta is axing 600 roles across its AI division by tru3_power on Wednesday October 22, 2025 @03:16PM (#45673810)
I wouldn’t say this lends to a bias of over-engineering but more so psc optimizing
Re:Meta is axing 600 roles across its AI division by tomnipotent on Wednesday October 22, 2025 @11:35PM (#45677903)
Besides the graveyard of failed start-ups? There's plenty of evidence, just no strong conclusions.
Re:Meta is axing 600 roles across its AI division by varjag on Thursday October 23, 2025 @03:14AM (#45679106)
Did you look at the graveyard of failed start-ups and conclude they would of lived if they had enough non-coding overhead?
Re:Meta is axing 600 roles across its AI division by tomnipotent on Friday October 24, 2025 @02:32PM (#45697677)
I look at it and see just as many failed start-ups from engineer-founders as a do from non-engineer founders. The idea that being a programmer makes you better to run a business has nothing to back it up.
Re:Meta is axing 600 roles across its AI division by varjag on Friday October 24, 2025 @05:06PM (#45699084)
I'm not sure where this idea comes from though, it's not something I argued. The post I replied to claims engineers can't see the big picture and deal with end user requirements, and your own testimony above contradicts that.