>I personally helped grow Facebook’s UXR team from a dozen to over 100, then did the same for Airbnb in the same amount of time it took Facebook/Meta to go from

>I personally helped grow Facebook’s UXR team from a dozen to over 100, then did the same for Airbnb in the same amount of time it took Facebook/Meta to go from 100 to over 1000 researchers. Lots of open headcount everywhere, highly competitive hiring, and blank checks galore. What, why are you hiring this many people.. >Incentivized to empire-build, some thought UX leaders (especially at a few larger companies) were disproportionately responsible for over-hiring and creating the market we are in. …ok, the jokes write themselves.