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> Once you stop talking to developers and programmers, you > find that people don't give a shit about things remotely > technical, and just use stuff because 'e

by ryanlm 10y ago

> Once you stop talking to developers and programmers, you > find that people don't give a shit about things remotely > technical, and just use stuff because 'everyone else is using it'. I can confirm. My parents aren't technical at all. They were confused when I told them people work at Facebook.

kochthesecond 10y ago
My parents were also confused that Facebook has some 15k employees.
- Arnt 10y ago
  I'm your parents. What do those 15k do?
  - zdkl 10y ago
    Move fast and break things?
    - cvs268 10y ago
      > Move fast and break things? you mean like trying to cross a speeding-bus and breaking a leg?...
  - ddorian43 10y ago
    Scalability to keep/get users & extract as much value from them.
  - pvdebbe 10y ago
    Censor trending topics, for instance.
  - raverbashing 10y ago
    Look at their jobs page ;) But it can be explained as: - Development/Ops (the technical side, from developing the services, supporting those services to debugging network problems and support of API users, it's a huge area) - Sales/Commercial affairs/Customer support - Localization/Editorial production - Growth/Product management/UX and everything that goes in designing the product - Corporate support functions (HR/Legal etc)