the power law applies to any big organization. 20% of the people do 80% of the work, whilst 80% of the people are just there for "support".
whatsapp was run by a team of like 20 people or something when they got acquired for $20 billion. for a simple software product, you don't really need that many people. in fact, more people often means bad software. you just need a small group of very talented engineers to run the product and add new features when necessary.
big (and especially public) companies often times need to hire a lot, just to look like a real company.
now that twitter is private, elon has no responsibility to public investors and can focus less on looking like a real company and more on doing what needs to be done to cut bloat/costs and improve product
the power law applies to any big organization. 20% of the people do 80% of the work, whilst 80% of the people are just there for "support".
whatsapp was run by a team of like 20 people or something when they got acquired for $20 billion. for a simple software product, you don't really need that many people. in fact, more people often means bad software. you just need a small group of very talented engineers to run the product and add new features when necessary.
big (and especially public) companies often times need to hire a lot, just to look like a real company.
now that twitter is private, elon has no responsibility to public investors and can focus less on looking like a real company and more on doing what needs to be done to cut bloat/costs and improve product