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This and the first few replies to it feel like they're coming from bean counters, not engineers. Who reads HN? I mean anyone can, but who's the core audience. I
by throwaway879 5y ago
This and the first few replies to it feel like they're coming from bean counters, not engineers. Who reads HN? I mean anyone can, but who's the core audience. I'm confused. Shouldn't the top voted thread be about the tech and the engineering behind it, and debating whether it's worth funding or not based on that, not based on things that are mostly the concern of business people. Is it that most engineers today have MBAs or are MBA wannabes? or well roundedness? But this focus on business metrics is not well roundedness, for an engineer, IMO.
- jmcgough 5y agoI'm more just shocked that they're valued at 1B and are still doing their thing without a clear path to a sellable product. It's great and something I'd like to see more of, but we're long past the days when companies would spend a lot of money on long-term research projects.