Facebook went through some really massive, traumatic growth and the amount of work increased far faster than hiring or engineering could keep up. This left scar

Facebook went through some really massive, traumatic growth and the amount of work increased far faster than hiring or engineering could keep up. This left scars on the organization—better to have too many engineers than too few, the wisdom went. During this period of growth, the “more work” that needed to be done really was critical. It just isn’t critical any more.