The first real glitch that happens is going to bring the site down for good. There aren't enough people left who know how to fix it and nobody will want to join that mess any time soon. I feel bad for the people being let go but I have to admit that watching this play out is entertaining.
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I must apologize for my suggestion that the "best" engineers are being driven away. Some still at Twitter are among the "best", and working hard. Harder, now that there are fewer engineers to support the platform.
I should have just said that Elon has driven many engineers away, through layoffs and otherwise. We can all agree on that. Both those laid off and those who inherited their work have my sympathy.
Being laid off is traumatic, and those folks deserve our sympathy.
oh please. nobody is entitled to a job. if these geniuses are so valuable and talented they can go start their own company instead of working for a big bad meany boss. but that would require effort, now wouldn't it?
Yes, this is exactly how software fails -- after a delay. If you drive away the best engineers, the few who remain don't know how to maintain the code.
Elon built great products at PayPal and Tesla by hiring the best engineers, then rewarding them with stock options for working long hours at a startup.
He's applying this model because it worked for him twice. But under these conditions, it does not work, because a) he's not hiring the best engineers, but driving them away, and b) Twitter isn't a startup.
Being laid off is traumatic, and those folks deserve our sympathy. But in the long run, leaving Twitter is best for them.
Well, in Esther Crawford's case her loyalty and dedication led to her termination being handled with dignity and compassion...
JK, she found out when her access was cut off just like everybody else!
Twitter won’t last forever, but it will be around longer than facebook or disney
The world was just fine before Twitter. Probably even better. Good riddance.