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I also think most of these businesses are over engineered. These aren’t really tech businesses. Tech is just a conduit. You really don’t need that many engineer
by spaceman_2020 3y ago
I also think most of these businesses are over engineered. These aren’t really tech businesses. Tech is just a conduit. You really don’t need that many engineers and data scientists and UX designers for a rental service.
The problem with these businesses is that they raise money as “tech businesses”, which gets them much higher valuations, but also makes them spend way more on engineers to justify that “tech” tag.
- rchaud 3y agoYeah but if you don't call it a tech business, you cannot attract VC funding nor handwave away massive losses as the cost of growth.
- EdwardDiego 3y agoI watched a presentation from Bird where they talked about their software infrastructure. They were very proud of some patterns that I found a bit ridiculous, not to mention expensive.