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by Circlecrypto2 606 days ago
Software ate the world. Meditate on this and the points this article is making becomes clear.

Big tech no longer needs to hoard talent.

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Well that remains to be seen. Companies did not get in the position they are in today because of the leadership principles of today - it was past workers and leadership.

This trend of spitting on the legacy of those who built it up will quickly reverse the second they get disrupted themselves due to their complacency.

I've seen this at my last company. They treated workers well and built a great product. Soon the employees were hampering "profits" and only got contempt. After everybody quit the situation is perfect from a business POV - zero expenses and a selling product with happy customers. Except there is total stagnation and customers are excitedly waiting for the next "big update". The company does their best to keep the facade up but how sustainable is it really? You can only milk so much until your core product is outdated or no longer fits the market.