The article seems to overlook that they also got big by going on insane profit-fueled hiring binges. Or at least I didn't find it skimming through that awful fo

The article seems to overlook that they also got big by going on insane profit-fueled hiring binges. Or at least I didn't find it skimming through that awful format. Tens of thousands of engineers, at salaries that make other companies turn green with envy, churning out products and features and supporting infra at an unprecedented rate. Then the cycle repeats. I think that counts for something too.