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by onlyrealcuzzo 1210 days ago
Prior to the pandemic, these companies were doubling headcount every 6 years.

Unless their growth rates sink a lot lower than pre-pandemic growth, they'll grow into that space in 10 years.

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"Disco Stu: Didn't you know that Disco record sales were up 400% for the year ending 1976? If these trends continue, eyyy!"
Amazon and Google and MSFT and Apple were doing that through 2 recessions over 15+ years.

Eventually it'll come to an end.

But not sure why you're so certain the end is now.

I'm not saying it is but everyone has survivorship bias. Kodak and other titans of industry of yesteryear also had their large campuses and projected growth too.

My point is that nobody can predict the future and nothing is guaranteed. Surviving isn't even the norm. We're down to about 50 companies from the original Fortune 500.

Good thing I invested in pumpkins!
This place is gonna smell classy all week.