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> world's largest social media company lagging behind a random startup This seems to be a really common recurring theme in the tech industry and particularly t
by Firmwarrior 4y ago
> world's largest social media company lagging behind a random startup
This seems to be a really common recurring theme in the tech industry and particularly the games industry, and I wish I understood why
Just look at Minecraft, Valheim, any of the recent Pokemon games... A single person or a skeleton crew can somehow always seem to outproduce gigantic companies full of engineers and artists on the same level as the ones from the skeleton crew.
- Duralias 4y agoI have to imagine that this is just because you cannot pay someone to be to truly passionate about what they are doing. And the VRChat devs actually play their own game, I find it highly unlikely that you could even remotely say the same about Horizon's devs.
- tiborsaas 4y agoI think this is because once you are a running on infinite cash, it becomes a no-brainer to apply what you've already learned to achieve that success. Also, stakeholders will require that. So pull in a bunch of management, MBA-s, designers, analysts, etc. What you end up with is lot of friction and no real innovation.