My general impression is that a lot of companies are more than 4x overstaffed. Early Google had small, elite teams, whom it treated very well. That works reall

My general impression is that a lot of companies are more than 4x overstaffed. Early Google had small, elite teams, whom it treated very well. That works really well. Late Google kept elite team salaries with bloated, mediocre devs. That works less well.