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So they had: lay-offs 2 years ago Switched tech stacks 11 months ago to among other things be able to hire more devs Acquired Pry for $90 million 6 months ag
by ch4s3 4y ago
So they had:
lay-offs 2 years ago
Switched tech stacks 11 months ago to among other things be able to hire more devs
Acquired Pry for $90 million 6 months ago
Were tossing out long standing customers 4 months ago
and now they're having lay-offs again.
Quite the ride...
- kevin_thibedeau 4y agoMBAs have hopped on the agile bandwagon. Business plan? That's not scheduled for this sprint.
- formerkrogemp 4y agoNo business sense? Probably a software "engineer" in charge wanting to be the next Steve Jobs.
- ch4s3 4y agoWe do LEAN and “agile” where I am now, and if you can’t explain how your work makes it saves money you’ll be gotten up to speed on that quickly. Our business folks are very sharp and focused, and tech tries to match that, in a good way.
- kevin_thibedeau 4y agoNickel and diming all business decisions is a great way to run the whole thing into the ground.
- necovek 4y agoIsn't the goal of any business to make money? Saving some should be in the service of the former, and only as one of the tools in your arsenal (obviously, creating a product or service people would pay for should be the first).
- adamnemecek 4y agoWhat stack did the switch from/to?
- throwawaymaths 4y agoElixir to kotlin
- 29athrowaway 4y agoElixir to Kotlin https://medium.com/brexeng/building-backend-services-with-kotlin-7c8410795e4b https://medium.com/brexeng/building-backend-services-with-ko... Note that Brex founders are Brazilian and the Elixir author is Brazilian.
- okdood64 4y agoAre you suggesting that Japanese founders might be more likely to use Ruby?
- adamnemecek 4y agoThey definitely are.
- ch4s3 4y agoNot only that, but a number of Brazilian banks use Elixir.
- Apocryphon 4y agoMissed opportunity to use Lua with that logic.
- ch4s3 4y agoLua is pretty nice, especially if you can use the JIT. I think there were some elixir consultancies in Brazil other than Plataformatec that did a lot of work in finance so it spread around.
- NhanH 4y agoI'd love to see the internal explanation on how hiring kotlin for BE devs is easier than hiring elixir devs. That's like trying to pivot from finding unicorn to finding pegasus.
- mr90210 4y agoMuch, much easier.
- kotlin2 4y agoKotlin in is very similar to Java. There are tons of Java devs. And tons of Kotlin devs who program for Android. There has to be an order of magnitude of magnitude (at least) more Kotlin devs than Elixer.
- RhodesianHunter 4y agoHiring Kotlin devs is easy because you can just hire open minded Java devs.
- TillE 4y agoSeriously, there are so few circumstances where a good developer absolutely requires deep experience in a specific language (or framework) on day one. Smart people can learn, and they can learn pretty quickly if it's not radically different. I'm currently doing a ton of C# work and it's great - my relevant professional background is basically all C++, with some Java in the very distant past.
- RhodesianHunter 4y agoI think it really depends. If all you're doing is slinging JSON over an API then sure. If you're dealing with concurrency and distributed systems at medium to high scale you really want your senior people to be familiar with the language.
- jonathankoren 4y ago
- 29athrowaway 4y agoAnd massive ad spending in SF a few years ago. They had ads everywhere.
- mliker 4y agoit was the most successful marketing campaign targeting developers. And now you're writing about it. I would say that's anecdotal evidence of success.
- 29athrowaway 4y agoYou mean they used it as a recruiting magnet?