They don't need to hire Dennis Ritchies, they need to hire people who are good enough to achieve their business objectives. Facebook's apps work, their site is

They don't need to hire Dennis Ritchies, they need to hire people who are good enough to achieve their business objectives. Facebook's apps work, their site is performant, they are not drowning in storage costs, etc... they have the engineers they need. Their business problems are not due to engineering.