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0 pointskevincrane1mo ago0 comments

> I was trying to hire more people because we're so busy with everything we needed to do

That’s how it was at my previous company also. If you asked any engineer there they’d say “I’m incredibly busy, and I need more headcount to get through the things on my plate”. Then they laid off 40% of the company because AI had made everything so efficient shrug

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zelphirkalt1mo ago

I guess a company can coast on reputation for a while, before things come crashing down at least at parts of the company.

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