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So 1-3 people have a big impact, the other 7997 must not be doing anything? I don't think that logic follows.

• twelve40 4y ago
  it doesn't follow. The article posits that "many people think twitter headcount was bloated" then proceeds to describe a (presumably) really efficient work of a small SRE team. These two parts seem completely disconnected from each other - neither one proves, disproves or follows from the other - so it's unclear why the former was mentioned at all.
  • enkid 4y ago
    His personal experience was zero bloat. He was one deep in a critical function for the company. He isn't saying this proves without a doubt that there is no bloat, but he didn't see any in his time there. It's seems like a reasonable addition to the conversation to me.
    • Xunjin 4y ago
      It's a shame that most the conversation going on here are extrapolated arguments based on this article and another anecdotes. The problem starts when the ones making their points let beliefs on "how things should be" stronger instead of "how they really were".