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The projects you cite don't require 100s of FTE engineers. Due to the absurd amount of SWEs on Facebook, surely someone or a team happen to working there will
by rightbyte 4y ago
The projects you cite don't require 100s of FTE engineers.
Due to the absurd amount of SWEs on Facebook, surely someone or a team happen to working there will score a huge FOSS hit sooner or later just due to the numbers.
- jstx1 4y agoLike I said, the open source stuff is a nice bonus. The main testament to Facebook's engineering level is that they're successfully shipping several of the largest scale software products ever to billions of people. And you certainly need a large engineering headcount for that.
- epicureanideal 4y agoWhatsApp didn’t need a big team. Just one counter example.