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Twitter is going to switch into maintenance rather than growth mode. You don't need as many engineers to do that. If they cut their operating costs down, they
by ryhamz 10y ago
Twitter is going to switch into maintenance rather than growth mode. You don't need as many engineers to do that.
If they cut their operating costs down, they might actually make money.
Those that leave, by choice or not, will go on to build up other places that don't yet have their product.
- overcast 10y agoFrom my perspective, Twitter has been in maintenance mode for years. What significant changes have been made that requires thousands of engineers? I'm being serious here. The interface is still the same clunky mess, the home page has been rearranged a few times, and now we have even more convoluted rules as to what counts towards your 140 character limit.
- elmin 10y agoYet they've managed to massively raise their r&d expenses.