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Is it possible? Well, probably - WhatsApp famously had only 32 engineers when they sold the company for $16 billion. But is it likely? Oh, goodness, no. The se
by marssaxman 2y ago
Is it possible? Well, probably - WhatsApp famously had only 32 engineers when they sold the company for $16 billion. But is it likely? Oh, goodness, no.
The second challenge sounds much easier, though I'd trade at least half of those engineers for marketing/biz-dev support.
- 999900000999 2y ago>The second challenge sounds much easier, though I'd trade at least half of those engineers for marketing/biz-dev support. No, they really want to be software engineers and will quit if you tell them to do different things. In fact these kids( and at least a few in their 50s) are green. They might not even know how to use git.
- marssaxman 2y agoLaunching an engineering-focused startup with a "we'll figure that out as we go" attitude to the rest of the business is a mistake I will never make again, thank you very much; once in a lifetime was enough.