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Part of it is overinflated org charts. Both Instagram and Whatsapp managed with an engineering team of a dozen or two people until acquisition. Typical SV star

by nikanj 3y ago

Part of it is overinflated org charts. Both Instagram and Whatsapp managed with an engineering team of a dozen or two people until acquisition. Typical SV startups have a dozen or two engineering teams, each with multiple people. I have no idea what they’re all doing, but it probably involves lots of rewrites

disgruntledphd2 3y ago
To be fair, neither IG nor WhatsApp were actual businesses before their acquisition. Sure, WhatsApp had their euro fee which theh waived for everyone. IG could definitely have been profitable without FB but it would have taken a loooonnnnng time.