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Why would you think they don't need them?

• staunch 16y ago
  Because more programmers != more productivity. Brook's Law, etc.
  • qq66 16y ago
    Right, but Google is one of the biggest websites in the world, operating in nearly every country, etc. etc., it shouldn't be at all surprising that they have thousands of engineers, even though the productivity of each will be lower than it would in a smaller organization.
    • staunch 16y ago
      It's software. Running the same software in 100 countries doesn't require 100x more programmers. Ask a random Googler what he works on at Google. In my experience 9/10 times it's something they could easily do without.