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There's a rule that when at scale every edge case is a real problem. There's likely a whole org working on integrations with some oddball apps and devices. The
by AnotherGoodName 4y ago
There's a rule that when at scale every edge case is a real problem.
There's likely a whole org working on integrations with some oddball apps and devices. They likely make millions from this edge use case since Spotify operates at such scale. There's likely an org that makes small 0.1% improvements to server infra that saves millions. Every possible edge case bug is being hit at their scale. It's worth having extra engineers to tackle those.
Not to mention the shear business complexity of what they do. Billing, paying royalties, advertisers, legal compliance etc.
10k employees. For a huge company that operates across the globe. That seems small.
- anthonypasq 4y agono trust me i could recreate spotify in my garage with 5 engineers, I mean all they do is play mp3s, how hard could it be.
- flangola7 4y agoFTP server and a big pipe is all you need
- fasteo 4y ago>>> Not to mention the shear business complexity of what they do. Billing, paying royalties, advertisers, legal compliance etc. Thanks, that was also my guess. Would be interesting to know headcount by department. Hence my question.