[saagarjha]

> As a TL, I don't want to waste my precious approved headcount on people who just want to rest and vest, or people who believe in the crazy talk of only needing to work 30 minutes each day.

And yet these people exist and get hired, even at Google. Perhaps not on your team, but they’re definitely there.

[sbierwagen]

21% of Alphabet was hired this quarter.

>Alphabet, Google’s parent company, said its head count rose 21% in the second quarter of 2022 to 174,014 full-time employees from 144,056 the year prior. https://www.hcamag.com/us/specialization/corporate-wellness/...

SV talks the big talk about hiring the best of the best of the best, then hires 30 thousand people in three months. There probably aren't that many 10x programmers in the world.

[ghaff]

Interview process gatekeeping notwithstanding, the idea that you can hire 30,000 people (admittedly a decent proportion is probably backfilling/growing administrative, etc. positions) who are all "the best and the brightest" doesn't pass the sniff test.

[marshray]

Quibble:

A 21% rise results in 17% of the new group having come from the increase.

[skinnymuch]

That’s over 12 months. It’s year over year.