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I disagree... "10 brand new things launched/acquired" is not a measurable quantity. You could tally up the employees that worked at these companies pre acquisit
by netcan 5y ago
I disagree... "10 brand new things launched/acquired" is not a measurable quantity. You could tally up the employees that worked at these companies pre acquisition... but to total is a lot bigger.
There's also the fact that in software, you have something once you build it. Software is cumulative, so you'd expect it to grow as long as someone is working on it.
There are various points of evidence, but they're all arguable.
- joshuamorton 5y agoI mean there's also like the super not obvious stuff that comes with scale. Facebook wanted to hire me to join their team that does supply chain optimization to ensure that computers get to their datacenters fast enough. That's like a reasonable thing for them to have but it's totally removed from the product.
- netcan 5y agoGood point, but is "supply chain optimization to ensure that computers get to their datacenters fast" a task that is not required at 2012 FB-scale, or is it an optimisation that FB just didn't have the scale for in 2012. The former implies inefficiencies of scale. The latter implies efficiencies. I think both exist.
- kleinsch 5y agoI think you just want to argue. Using IG as an example, if you think a completely separate app with a billion monthly active users isn’t doing anything more than FB did at IPO, you’re never going to be convinced. If you think selling the most popular VR headset and building the infra for a metaverse isn’t more than FB was doing at IPO, you’re never going to be convinced.