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0 pointsTeMPOraL6y ago0 comments

> To the armchair HN community who ask "why does it take 1k engineers to run <insert random silicon valley app that operates at global scale>". Here is your answer.

I think the usual question isn't why a random SV app yas 1k engineers, but why does it have < 100 engineers and 2k+ administrative and sales&marketing people.

The answer is the same, but let's be clear: this is not an engineering job. It's legal and sales job.

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jjeaff6y ago

I don't think many really say that about monsters like Amazon. It's usually these very limited in scope and functionality like Twitter that boggle the mind.

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