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Just like functional programming itself, if you keep your hiring within some practical boundaries, you'll not go far wrong.

The thing about the "money" argument is that one could just as strongly claim that you went to 1st grade "for money".

They like to use small teams. I wouldn't be surprised if their least-used AWS product is still profitable (aside from brand-new stuff or obvious non-profits like Deep Racer). The idea is to get people into AWS and help keep them there. You don't do that by making life harder or unpredictable for your customers.

Does it seriously take 10k people to make Alexa? And she's way dumber than Google. Yes, they should be cutting some costs.

For what it's worth, ConnectWise is also owned by private equity (Thoma Bravo). TB seems to be supporting the growth of the company.