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Well mostly free of consequences. The exec team has basically been replaced and SoundCloud may still die as the result of these actions. As for why people stay
by twunde 9y ago
Well mostly free of consequences. The exec team has basically been replaced and SoundCloud may still die as the result of these actions. As for why people stay with the company, there are a couple reasons. For many people, especially non-engineers it can be difficult to find another job. Many people are probably helping to try and get ex-coworkers jobs. Some may believe in the new direction. Others may be for various personal reasons, semi-stuck in the job. My guess is that you'll see a decent number of people (20-30%) leaving over the next 6 months, but that the majority will stay and help reshape SoundCloud as long as it looks like the company can still succeed.
- hobofan 9y agoI'm really questioning if they can really do much reshaping with the small amount of engineers remaining. Soundcloud has probably one of the most complex architectures and just lost a significant part of the people that know the system.
- Dylan16807 9y agoThen that brings up the important question of how many millions it would take to replace most of the infrastructure with something simpler.
- twunde 9y agoThat's the $170M question. I definitely would be concerned about the lack of engineering. That said, the people left will find that they're able to complete significantly more work since there is less communication overhead. They will also certainly will be working on very focused projects that will affect profitability.