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Acquihires are interesting in that they might seem expensive, but might actually be cheap from the standpoint of mitigating the risk of an unknown and unproven
by shostack 10y ago
Acquihires are interesting in that they might seem expensive, but might actually be cheap from the standpoint of mitigating the risk of an unknown and unproven team.
This case might be a little different given the short time this team existed though.
- vonmoltke 10y ago> Acquihires are interesting in that they might seem expensive, but might actually be cheap from the standpoint of mitigating the risk of an unknown and unproven team. Considering that, IMO, Valley companies severely overestimate that risk I think acquihires are a really expensive way to acquire people.