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That's an orthogonal point to working at Twitter :/. Even if Twitter were acquired, there's basically zero chance they'd fire all the engineers.
by josh2600 10y ago
That's an orthogonal point to working at Twitter :/. Even if Twitter were acquired, there's basically zero chance they'd fire all the engineers.
- chiph 10y agoWhich raises an interesting question - what's the valuable parts of Twitter? Customer base, for sure. Architecture for scalable messaging, absolutely. The rest of it? Not sure.
- josh2600 10y agoThey are able to operate a company at that scale. I think your comment dismisses a lot of very functional people within their organization.
- chiph 10y agoLayoffs/mergers are an unpleasant subject. Someone is always going to lose their job. I've been through it twice now - once survived, once not.
- snowwrestler 10y agoI'd argue that Twitter's brand is among its most valuable assets. It's globally known. Used and promoted by influencers like celebrities, artists, politicians, media, business leaders, activists. It's all over music, TV, media of all types. Heck, an entire movie was made about it. That sort of broad public awareness is very hard for any company to get.