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Maintaining a large worldwide music/podcast delivery platform. What do you think they're doing?

• steve1977 3y ago
  Not OP, but I really don’t know why you would need that many people.
  • Shaanie 3y ago
    Obviously you don't need all those people. Almost no company apart from like one-man companies or dying companies employ only the people they need. You employ as many people as possible that generate additional profit, short or long-term. Do you need to hire a conversion specialist? Of course not, though if she costs $400k a year while improving conversion by 10% the payoff is absolutely massive, and you'd have to be an idiot not to hire her. I'm surprised people don't realize this, especially on hackernews.
    • steve1977 3y ago
      That would maybe explain 500-1000 people.
      • izacus 3y ago
        What do you base your estimates on? What do you know about Spotify's business and what it takes it to run sustainably?
• sligor 3y ago
  Well, whatsapp reached 1 billion user with only around 50 employees
  • izacus 3y ago
    Last I checked it's not a music delivery platform.