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What other big companies are associated with similar prestige?

• ummonk 8y ago
  In the SV tech community, Dropbox, Uber, Snapchat, Spotify, AirBnB, Lyft, Netflix, Pinterest, Robinhood to name several. Outside the tech community, probably Amazon, Microsoft, and Instagram (most people don't know Facebook owns Instagram).
  • akhilcacharya 8y ago
    Why is there a difference between inside and outside the tech community?
    • ummonk 8y ago
      The economic success, brand awareness, and hipness of a company with the general public is only somewhat correlated with average level of engineering talent at a company. Different successful companies take different approaches to hiring - some focus on hiring a lot of reasonably competent engineers, while others focus on only hiring the best (and generally pay them a lot).
      • akhilcacharya 8y ago
        > some focus on hiring a lot of reasonably competent engineers, while others focus on only hiring the best (and generally pay them a lot). Are you saying the latter two don't do that?