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> "Seven years after it was founded, the company with a catchy name had more than 2,000 employees" This sticks out to me more than anything else in the article
by jkimmel 13y ago
> "Seven years after it was founded, the company with a catchy name had more than 2,000 employees"
This sticks out to me more than anything else in the article. I had no idea Twitter had such a massive headcount.
Does anyone have an idea as to the division of labor? 30% infrastructure, 10% design, etc.
My naivety must be showing, but I have a hard time imagining what all those engineers are up to.
EDIT: Sorry for the confusion. I realize that all 2000 employees aren't necessarily engineers, but I think it's safe to assume >1000 are probably in some sort of development role. To me, that still seems like a fairly large engineering base.
- mynewwork 13y agoEmployees != engineers. They probably have twice as many people in marketing and sales as they do in R&D or IT.
- brown9-2 13y agoI think you are assuming those 2000 are all software engineers, which they definitely are not. The S1 filing says: As of June 30, 2013, we had approximately 2,000 employees, an increase of over 1,800 employees since January 1, 2010. We intend to continue to make substantial investments to expand our operations, research and development, sales and marketing and general and administrative organizations, as well as our international operations.