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GitLab is a great example of a lifestyle company that should have never become a public corporation.

• SimpleSalmon 6mo ago
  So much this. GitLab’s values and ethos were completely incompatible with becoming a public company. Sid is always seen as the good guy but it was his narrow minded greed that led here.
  • swyx 6mo ago
    how exactly was it incompatible and why do you thikn you know better
    • shimman 6mo ago
      Man your fall from public image is quite bad, you use to be a nice guy at conferences but just a jerk online? For shame.
  • setheron 6mo ago
    Could have been a B corp perhaps
• elktown 6mo ago
  Aha, it's public. That explains the inflated employee count. Same story every time.
• dmix 6mo ago
  They have almost a billion dollars in revenue
  • shimman 6mo ago
    And what good is that for the workers that still got laid off? Maybe software devs should have residuals.
    • dmix 6mo ago
      As others mentioned this sounds like they are reducing management, not firing developers. But that could be wrong.
  • everfrustrated 6mo ago
    And somehow still never profitable! Living on borrowed time. Cuts were always coming. Nothing to do with AI.