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by TuringNYC 1485 days ago
>> You're missing roughly 30,000 employees to run a service that, at steady state, probably needs about 30 software developers and a few hundred second or third level customer support folks, with first level being handled by outsourced local-language companies.

This comment is insane for any real app in the real world transacting in real dollars. There are a hundred countries with 100 regulations. Accounting/P&L/bookkeeping for the United States ALONE would take 30 developers for a revenue base this size.